This paper explores the roots of the war on poverty by focusing on factors such as the rise of the empowerment issue, delinquency, and changes among black and white youth. It is suggested that the war on poverty had unintended consequences that have kept the empowerment issue and other important issues alive. (Author/AM)

Examines the gap between empirical knowledge and theoretical explanations regarding psychological and social factors related to work, employment, and unemployment. Discusses the nature of the public debate about work and its relation to social research. Calls for an ordering device to counteract biased selection of research findings. (Author/GC)

Examines issues being addressed by the profession of school psychology in the context of current sociopolitical, economic, legal, and societal developments. Reviews issues discussed and recommendations offered at the 1980 Spring Hill Symposium. (Author/GC)

Examines social trends in the past two decades (particularly the growth of a service economy and the increasing reliance on specialized knowledge), the opportunities these trends have presented to psychology, and the discipline's response. (CMG)

Concludes that we are changing from a society whose goals were basically economic to one whose goals are psychological, and consequently we cannot expect the economists or the demographers to tell us to what extent these goals are being met or under what conditions they are most likely to be fulfilled. (Author/AM)

Examines the connections between the experience of social history and personality development. Outlines a model that demonstrates how the impact of social events is mediated by life stage. Interprets longitudinal data collected over the past 40 years on women's work and family lives in terms of the model. (FMW)

Discusses societal changes that may have contributed to increasing average achievement levels (especially in mathematics) for Black students. Considers the long-term beneficial effects of school desegregation. (GC)