Basic and Applied Social Psychology

Volume 8, Numbers 1 and 2, March and June 1987

A Note From the Editor
Perceptions of Personal Avoidability Versus Responsibility: How Do They Differ?: Antonia Abbey
Processing Illness Information: The Role of Disease Prototypes: George D. Bishop, Carol Briede, Laura Cavazos, Roger Grotzinger, and Sharon McMahon
Management, Sex, and Symbolic Association-Disassociation Following Success and Failure: Robert A. Giacalone
Toward a Social Psychology of Social Support: John Jung
Self-Monitoring and Performance in Nontraditional Occupations: Lynn R. Anderson
Television Viewing and Fear of Crime: Where Is the Mean World?: Linda Heath and John Petraitis
Interracial Couples: Situational Factors in White Male Reactions: Richard R. Scott
Effects of Question-Wording Style and Research Context on Attributions for Success and Failure: Bernard E. Whitley, Jr.
Improving the Performance of Failing Students by Overcoming Their Self-Serving Attributional Biases: Jeffrey G. Noel, Donelson R. Forsyth, and Karl N. Kelley
Perceived Control and Decision Making in a Job Hunting Context: James R. Friedrich

But Do They Care About Fairness? The Dynamics of Preferential Treatment and Minority Interest: Rupert W. Nacoste
Fear of Crime and Satisfaction Among Elderly Public Housing Residents: The Impact of Residential Segregation: Janice Bastlin Normoyle
Happening Soon and Happening Later: Temporal Cues and Attributions of Liability: Joel T. Johnson and Jerome Drobny
A Person Perception Experiment Examining the Effects of Contraceptive Behavior on First Impressions: Kathleen McKinney, Susan Sprecher, and Terri L. Orbuch
Situational Demand and Self-Reports of Stress and Illness: The Moderating Influence of Self-Monitoring: Jay Wysocki, Martin M. Chemers, and Frederick Rhodewalt

Effects of Trend and of Profit or Loss on the Tendency to Sell Stock: Stanley Schachter, Robert Ouellette, Barry Whittle, and William Gerin
When Push Comes to Power: A Test of Power Restoration Theory's Explanation for Aggressive Conflict Escalation: Ellen A. Fagenson and Joel Cooper
A Test of the Similarity Hypothesis: Social Comparison in Deaf and Hearing Students: Kathryn M. Ryan
Effects of Desire for Control on Attributions and Task Performance: Jerry M. Burger
Definiteness and Effectiveness of Women's Responses to Unwanted Sexual Advances: A Laboratory Investigation: E. Sandra Byers, Barbara L. Giles, and Dorothy L. Price