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cognition and motivation, and theoretically derived views of Ss’ roles: negativistic S, faithful S, good S, and apprehensive S), and (3) present control techniques for reducing these interfering variables in psychological experimentation.

BIELEFELDER SYMPOSIUM UBER A n R I B U T I O N , edited by D. Gorlitz, W.-U. Meyer and B. Weiner. Stuttgart, Klett-Cotta, 1978. No. of pages: 280.

This volume contains papers that were presented at a conference on ‘Attribution’ held in 1977 at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bielefeld. They are presented in four sections: 1. History and scope of attribution theory; 2. Attribution of success and failure; 3. Attribution and the affective domain; and 4. Methodological problems and the social sciences. Among the contributors are Fritz Heider, the founder of attribution theory; H. H. Kelley; K. Gergen, Bernard, Weiner; H. Heckhausen, F.-E. Weinert; W.-U. Meyer; E. Liebhart; M. Hofer and M. Dobrick; S. and S. Streufert; and W. Stroebe.

KURSUS DER SOZIALPSYCHOLOGIE, edited by M. Me. Darmstadt und Neuwied, Luchterhand, 1978. No. of pages: 624.

This book is a reader in social psychology; the student should have studied an introduction before. This reader can be studied independently of a graduate textbook or can accompany such a textbook. Under each heading: social judgment, social motivation, socialization, social attitudes, social interactions, and applications of social psychological research, four selected reports (24 altogether) of empirical research are offered. The majority of reports are selected from research of (former) co-workers of the editor. The editor introduces all sections by original contributions and combines the single reports into interpretative comments. To foreigners this book may serve as an introduction to experimental research in social psychology in the Federal Republic of Germany, though biased by the selection of the editor.

SYMPATHIE, FREUNDSCHAFT UND EHE: PSYCHOLOGISCHE GRUNDLAGEN ZWISCHENMENSCHLICHER BEZIEHUNGEN, edited by G. Mikula and W. Stroebe. Bern, Huber, 1977. No. of pages: 256.

The eight contributions to this book by attraction researchers from Europe as well as from the United States of America, review and integrate the major theoretical and empirical perspectives in the area of interpersonal attraction. They emphasize the development of attraction in specific relationships and differences in the bases of rewards at different stages during this development. After a brief survey of the field the following topics are discussed: reinforcement models of attraction, equity in intimate relationships, need complementarity, personality similarity. stage theories of relationship development and \tatus-related differences in marital interaction. The book should be useful to

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researchers and students concerned with social interaction, as well as to clinical psychologists.

OMGAAN MET MACHT, M. Mulder. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1977. No. of pages: 258.

A clear expos6 of the Power Distance Reduction theory and of its social relevance. Different kinds of power, their origins, and effects are studied. Methods are developed for better understanding and improving of power relations at different levels. An important effort to demystify the notion of power.

ESPERIMENTI DI PSICOLOGIA DI GRUPPO, edited by R. de Negri Trentin. Milan, Martello-Giunti, 1977. No. of pages: 559.

An Italian reader of classic investigations in the field of group dynamics. The origin of all these important texts is American.

ASPETTI COGNITIVI DELLA SOCIALIZZAZIONE IN ETA EVOLU- TIVA, edited by A. Palmonari and P. E. Ricci Bitti. Bologna, I1 Mulino, 1978. No. of pages: 168.

The title of the book was also the theme of a seminar held at the beginning of 1977 in Bologna. The principal contributions to this seminar were delivered by A. Fonzi, E. Ponzo, R. Schaffer and W. Doise, and are published in this book together with shorter reports as well as interventions during the discussion sessions.

COMPORTAMENTO NON VERBALE E COMUNICAZIONE, P. E. Ricci Bitti and S. Cortesi. Bologna, I1 Mulino, 1977. No. of pages: 221.

The authors review rather exhaustively studies on non-verbal communication. Much importance is given to the regulating of interindividual interaction by non-verbal communication, the study of different systems of communication from an interdisciplinary point of view, the links between verbal and non-verbal communication, the mastering and improvement of necessary communication skills, the role of pre-verbal communication in the acquisition of language, the links with some forms of autism in children. The book is interesting not only as a source of information but also because it carefully systematizes a rather heterogenous area of research.

SOCIALE PSYCHOLOGIE IN VERANDERING, edited by H. Wilke and G. J. Kok. Alphen aan den Rijn/Brussells, Samson, 1978. No. of pages: 220.

Eleven Dutch authors provide reports on different fields of social psychology. They were apparently instructed not to be exhaustive but to point to new