Perspectives

Electronic Journal of the

American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Volume 6 (Fall, 2003)

Carl Renold, Ph.D. Editor

CONTENTS

Teaching and Technology

TALKING ABOUT TEACHING: CONVERSATIONS WITH COLLEGUES

Steve Grineski

Disciplinary and Macro Issues

UNITED STATES VERSUS UNITED KINGDOM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Gurdeep K. Chawla

WHY DONORS GIVE AND WHO THEY ARE

Joan Mount and Eugene Kaciak

RECURRING FINANCIAL CRISES: REASONS, PROCESSES, SIGNS, AND SUGGESTED REMEDIES

Muhannad El-Mefleh

A COMPARISON OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION IN LIMA, PERU: NARROWING THE GAP THROUGH TECHNOLOGY

Julia Wilkins and Robert Gamble

CONFORMITY AS SELF-PERSUASION: THEORY AND TEST

Lon C. Green

MEETING THE REHABILITATION NEEDS OF PEOPLE WITH VIOLENTLY ACQUIRED SPINAL CORD INJURY (VASCI): AN APPLICATION OF THE RELATIONAL MODEL OF DISABILITY

Thilo Kroll and Phillip W. Beatty

Social and Behavioral Sciences

THE ORIGIN OF MEANING: GESTALT IN A RECONSIDERED CONTEXT

A. Manja Larcher

ATTITUDES TOWARD HOUSECLEANING: GENDER-RELATED DIFFERENCES

Shirley M. Ogletree, G. Marc Turner, Ruju Desai, Rosemary Hernandez, and Tiffany Stafford

THE EFFECTS OF AGE ON STRESS LEVELS AND ITS AFFECT ON OVERALL PERFORMANCE

Marian C. Schultz and James Schultz

CHILL SKILLS: AN ANGER MANAGEMENT APPROACH TO VIOLENCE

Deborah J. Thomason

THE MARRIAGE GAP: FACT OR FICTION?

Jim Tinnick

ACADEMIC WOMEN AND RETIREMENT

Norma Winston and Jo Barnes