Ronald G. Slaby

Viewpoints: A Guide to Conflict Resolution and Decision Making for Adolescents.

Viewpoints: A Guide to Conflict Resolution and Decision Making for Adolescents is about understanding yourself, others and their points of view; confronting common problems; and solving them effectively. Problems within ones control can be solved and the manual can be of assistance in this process if used on ones own or in small groups. Lessons include: Thinking About Our Problems, Is There a Problem? Why Is There a Conflict? and What Do I Want?

Influence of a televised model's vocalization pattern on infants☆

Abstract To assess the influence of a televised models vocalizations on the vocal patterns of infant viewers, 32 infants at 6 months of age were presented either a televised adult model repeating a novel phoneme pattern (/ba/ba/ba/ba) or a control televised presentation of adult conversation selected from typical daytime programming. Sequential analyses of infant vocalizations revealed that infants exposed to the televised model altered their vocalization pattern, as indicated by a significant increase over base line levels in their production of a patterned series of discrete vocalizations. Infants exposed to the televised conversation showned no increase in this pattern of vocalization, and none of the infants in the study produced the novel phoneme (/ba/). The results indicate that televised presentation of discrete, repeated vocalizations can have an influence on the vocalization pattern of infants. The potential role of television in infant development is discussed.