This article describes an observational methodology for the assessment and analysis of behavior interactions in small groups and its links to a theory of behavior interaction between two or more persons. The observational method requires the development ...

Several studies have shown that troubled mothers are not accurate observers of their children's behavior. These mothers have a global and usually blame-oriented reporting style coloured by disphoric views of social isolation, social coercion and ...

It is widely believed that human interaction is much more regular than has yet been detected. What kinds of hidden regularities exist is, however, unsettled. In this paper a structural hypothesis is proposed where each continuous human interaction is seen ...

The present paper deals with behavioral assessment of social interaction in natural settings. The design of observational systems that allow the identification of the direction, contents, quality and social agents involved in a social interchange is an ...

In this paper, an example of research in which interaction within the classroom is evaluated using a technique of sequential analysis starting from log-linear and logit models is presented. The research was carried out among students in their last year of ...

This research studies the effects of a friendly and cooperative game-program on child socio-affective relations and group cooperation capacity, between ages 6 and 7. For this purpose 125 experimental subjects were compared with 53 control subjects, using ...

In this article the policy and regulations of the Dutch Association of Psychologists to improve the use of tests in the Netherlands are discussed. Two approaches are distinguished: the information approach and the registration approach. The Dutch ...

Recent developments in the United States regarding the promotion of high standards for test use are described. Four areas are covered: the development of testing standards, qualifications to purchase and use tests, educating test users, and developments ...

Opinion surveys were conducted in two associations, one European,the other international, both dealing with psychological assessment. A comparison of results shows many parallels, but also a number of differences in opinions concerning the respective ...