Perspectives 2000

Perspectives

Electronic Journal of the

American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Volume 3 (Fall, 2000)

James M. Makepeace, Editor

CONTENTS

Issues

Integrative Efforts

BARRIERS TO ATTRACTING SUITABLE APPLICANTS FOR POLICE POSITIONS

Harald Schweizer

PUERTO RICANS TODAY: A NARRATIVE ACCOUNT

Gloria Freire

HISTORY OF THE VICTIMS’ MOVEMENT IN THE UNITED STATES

Steven D. Walker

VIOLENCE IN LESBIAN RELATIONSHIPS: A NARRATIVE ANALYSIS

Angela R. Bethea, Kathryn R. Rexrode, Alexandra C. Ruffo and Syreeta D. Washington

ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS IN AIR: WORLD SYSTEMS THEORY

J. Henry Barton and Allan M. Hunchuk

BEHAVIORAL INFLUENCES OF BUREAUCRATIC ORGANIZATIONS AND THE SCHUMPETERIAN HYPOTHESIS CONTROVERSY

J. Patrick Raines and Charles G. Leathers

A SCHEMA FOR UNIFYING HUMAN SCIENCE: THE CASE OF HEALTH AND POPULATION

Rick Szostak

A NEW ANCHORING PARADIGM: OR IS THERE ONE?

John L. Tan

Technology and Teaching

PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES IN INTERNET EDUCATION

Oakley E. Gordon

GOING HIGH TECH IN THE CLASSROOM: DO THE BENEFITS OUTWEIGH THE COSTS?

Christopher Brown and Randall Kesselring

INTERNATIONALIZING CURRICULUM AND PEDAGOGY IN THE BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Gloria Grenwald-Mayes and Monica Moore

PARENTAL AND TEEN BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES ABOUT THE INTERNET

Joseph D. Sclafani

AN EXAMPLE OF A COMPUTER CONTROLLED EXPERIMENTAL ENVIRONMENT: EFFECTS OF MOOD STATES ON PERFORMANCE OF A BORING TASK

John L. Tan

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF COMPRESSED VIDEO CLASSES: AN EXAMINATION OF STUDENT ATTITUDES

Randall G. Kesselring and Christopher Brown

Distribution and Production

A RESEARCH NOTE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SPONSORSHIP, SELF-PERCEPTION AND SMALL BUSINESS PERFORMANCE

J. Matthew Kessler

GLOBALIZATION BEHAVIOR OF KOREAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Kang H. Park and Yong T. Lim

BANKING STRUCTURE, FISCAL VARIABLES, AND STATE-LEVEL ECONOMIC GROWTH REVISITED

Bienvenido S. Cortes and Michael Muoghalu

FORECAST COMBINATION METHODS AND ECONOMIC APPLICATIONS

Muhannad A. El-Mefleh

PREDICTING BANK FAILURES IN A NEWLY EMERGING FREE-MARKET ECONOMY

Eugene Kaciak

Persons in Social Context

IDENTIFYING THE RESILIENT CHILD: AN EMERGING TREND FOR AMERICA’S INNER-CITY SCHOOLS

Jane Thielemann

SPORT SPECIALIZATION BY CHILDREN

Steven W. Gray

THE EFFECTS OF PEER SOCIAL BEHAVIOR ON THE MOTOR AND SOCIAL RESPONSES OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN WITH SEVERE DISABILITIES

Sylvia S. Martin

HOSTILE ATTRIBUTION BIAS AND THE SELF: A CROSS-CULTURAL ANALYSIS

Zeynep Benderlioglu

WOMEN, MEN AND THE COMMUNICATION OF EMOTION: ARE THERE PHYSIOLOGICAL DIFFERENCES UNDERLYING THE EXPRESSIVE DIFFERENCES?

Beatrice M. de Oca

PATTERNS OF MATE SELECTION AMONG THE ELDERLY: DO THE HOMOGAMOUS NORMS APPLY?

Norma A. Winston and G. Jeffrey Klepfer

A CONCEPTUAL MODEL OF THE POLITICS OF PLACE

Diane E. Schmidt