The prison experience has traditionally been examined from two perspectives, i.e., deprivation or importation. The amount of time spent in prison, the degree of assimilation into the inmate subculture (prisonization), changes in self-esteem, and self-disclosure are associated with the deprivation model. Advocates of the importation model, however,…

Primarily historical, the study examines the case of one absentee Native American band struggling to establish its identity and directions for a more prosperous future, and projects the implications of their situation for their intercultural relations. The central research question asks what are the intercultural communication problems which…

United States population trends in 1960 suggested that the growing socioeconomic status of blacks would result in increasingly similar migration patterns among blacks and whites. Analysis of 1950 to 1980 census data was conducted to test that prediction. The analysis showed that in general, recent population trends have differed greatly from past…

Every form of communication involves the use of myths, symbols, or stereotypes. Symbols have been used as instruments to measure artistic works, from film to painting, from high literature to television programs. Stereotypes are communication short-cuts which allow communication to engender images without the use of full description by the artist.…

The speaker raises a number of his concerns about education, including the need to pursue excellence, educational opportunity, educational atmosphere, motivation, instruction in priorities, individual responsibility, and personal and social values. (IRT)

These statistical analyses investigate several factors that could affect the age at which a woman first gives birth. The data used were obtained from the 1970 National Fertility Study (NFS) and the 1973 Family Growth Study (FGS). The factors were grouped into three temporally sequential categories: (a) background or family of orientation…

After acquiescing to a small initial request, people typically are more susceptible to a later call for assistance. This foot-in-the-door phenomenon was examined based on principles of social reinforcement. In Experiment 1, subjects induced to perform the same initial prosocial behaviors were found to be differentially susceptible to a later…

In 1977 Congress mandated an assessment of the "economic and social consequences," of the nation's 4-H programs. The evaluation problem posed involved the identification of all social and economic effects caused by some facet of a very large, nationally decentralized youth education program. The design utilized drew on exploratory…

Acquaintance rape has been found to occur with disturbing frequency in an adolescents' social world. Unlike stranger rape, acquaintance rape, particularly dating rape, takes place in the context of normal social activity. In 1978, 432 adolescents, ages 14-18, were interviewed in the Los Angeles area: half male, and half female, and one-third drawn…

Social androgyny is explored from the perspective of intrapyschic processes. It was hypothesized that androgynous individuals would exhibit characteristics consistent with a more intrapsychic orientation. The purpose was twofold: to assess the ability of the Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) as a measure of social androgyny, and to attempt to…

The hypothesis that verbal humor may serve as a technique of social influence was tested for the first time under experimental conditions. Humor-moderating attempts at social influence and an examination of potential intervening variables tested the prediction that verbal humor would produce compliance. In a dyadic bargaining paradigm, at a…

The effects of 80 second- through fifth-grade boys and girls of three types of adult commentary (anti-aggressive, nonaggressive, neutral), presented during a violent TV show, were examined and compared to a nonviolent control film group. Subjects' latency in seeking responsible adult assistance when witnessing "real" aggression among…

The goal of this panel was to generate scientific knowledge on how the organizational, administrative, physical, personal, and social aspects of the classroom, school, district, and community support instructional personnel in reaching educational goals. A matrix was developed using locational variables (within school and outside school) and…

The nature of self-report instruments designed to measure communication apprehension is discussed in this study. The following proposition was investigated: there are independent source versus receiver dimensions and independent-formal versus informal-context dimensions of self-reported communication apprehension. The Personal Report of…

Over 60 studies which manipulated social class and type of reinforcement were examined to determine the extent of their support for the views that: (1) social classes differ in reinforcer preferences; and (2) social class differences can be attributed to the different cognitive-social developmental levels of the two populations. Although evidence…