Four research papers discuss the influence of social cues on children's behavior. Specifically, the focus of this program of research was to systematically investigate the impact of two classes of social cues: (1) implicit or explicit instructional cues inherent in social interactions, and (2) inferred or actual evaluative cues present in…

Paper presented at Conference on New Approaches to Behavioral Research on Smoking sponsored by the American Cancer Society in Tucson, Arizona, on March 30 and 31, 1972. (DS)

Examined the relation between 72 mothers' attitudes and practices regarding the use of rewards and their second- through fifth-grade children's susceptibility to the undermining effects of rewards. It was suggested that children's responses to rewards depend in part on their experiences with rewards. (RJC)

Modeling is, and has been for the last 2000 years, the single most important vehicle of moral education in China. The legitimate role of man is to seek to be a model himself deserving of peer respect. There are both negative and positive effects upon Chinese society. (MS)

THIS PAPER FOCUSES ON MOTIVATIONAL FACTORS UNDERLYING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT. CURRENT ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE LOW ACADEMIC MOTIVATION OF NEGRO CHILDREN, INCLUDING VARIOUS DEFICITS ASSOCIATED WITH CULTURAL DEPRIVATION, THE DISCONTINUITY OF HOME AND SCHOOL COMPETENCY TRAINING, AND THE FAILURE OF PREDOMINANTLY NEGRO SCHOOLS TO…

Intended to assist interested persons to identify research on minority youth in various areas believed to shape the manner in which these students learn, this bibliography cites approximately 1,273 materials, published primarily between 1950 and 1979, basically dealing with Black, Hispanic (especially Mexican American), and Native American youth,…