Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Visitas conyugales are Mexico's solution to the formidable problem of sex in prison. They not only prevent homosexuality, whose dank infestation in U.S. prisons alarms intelligent penologists, but also often change the entire behavior of a convict and leave him less vengeful and obsessed upon his release. U.S. prisons, at least officially, do not have the custom...
...connection with me whatever. Something like it was true of my teacher, Professor Child, who was solemnly referred to one of his own works by a foreign scholar. How the story was exaggerated and transferred to me, I do not know." . . . What you say of his class behavior is wholly true. He once remarked: "The teacher's profession is like the actor's, but without the usual perils...
...apiece for fresh teaching ideas), a lonely hearts column in which teachers and pupils advertise their yen to correspond with classes elsewhere. Eight experts (in arithmetic, reading, etc.) answer teachers' questions. One of the most popular departments (called The You You Can Be) advises teachers about grooming and behavior. Sample tips...
...Catherine Strunk Amatruda, published a system of scientific tests for measuring and predicting the evolution of personality (Developmental Diagnosis; Hoeber; $6.50). Most of the doctors' prophecies have been subjected to proof, for their studies extend over a period of 20 years. The book tackles such problems as normal behavior, retarded mentality, convulsions, precocity, birth injury, home environments, adoption...
...tell that something is wrong. The tests take only ten to 20 minutes, can be easily mastered by all doctors. They require such simple equipment as colored rings, a rattle, blocks, a pellet and bottle, a bell, a string, paper and crayon, etc. A few examples of normal behavior at key ages...