The Asch studies (Asch, 1956) have been replicated in different cultures (See Bond and Smith, 1996, for a review.) However, only a few studies have been carried out to examine the development of conformity, mostly because of the technical limitation regarding the availability of good child confederates. Costanzo & Shaw (1966) conducted a developmental study of conformity using the Crutchfield p...

The awful pun that is the title of this article serves a couple of purposes. It suggests that there are myths surrounding boys' participation in dance. These include the perception that dance is for girls and not for boys. This is a myth perpetuated by the majority, including parents, teachers and school system leaders. The title also suggests that the dance curriculum and dance as an artform i...

" A comparative study of the heights, weights, and chest measurements of boys of 13, 14 and 15 years of age in Industrial and Public Schools."

In many parts of East Alrica the ancient traditions and practices of Africans are dying out through contact with mzungus {white people) and their way of life. Employment in offices, mingling of tribes in a non-tribal environment and other factors contribute to the breakdown of traditional religions that stress the value of kinship ties, respect for elders and tribal unity. However, in Maasailan...

Because children and young teenagers usually associate in same-sex groups, psychological research concerned with adolescent aggression has often concentrated on within-sex relationships. However, during adolescence, boys and girls increasingly interact socially. This paper reports a study of boy-to-girl aggression as perceived by girls, boys and their teachers. Focus group discussions were cond...

OBJECTIVE This is a study to evaluate friendships in latency street boys of Porto Alegre, RGS, Brazil. METHODS A sample of 30 latency street boys was compared with a sample of 51 latency boys living with their low income families, using the Cornell Interview of Peers and Friends (CIPF). RESULTS The two groups had a significantly different CIPF global scores, and the boys of the street group...

objective: to compare sexual and behavioral puberty problems between intellectually disabled (id) and normal boys in yazd, iran. methods: in the present study, 65 intellectually disabled and 65 normal boys were included. the child behavior check list (cbcl) was used to investigate behavioral problems. in order to study sexual problems, a questionnaire that was designed by the researchers was ap...