Boys, Blisters, and Behavior

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The Opporiunities for Youth Project utilized a work program in combination with teaching machines and other experimental variables in an attempt to modify the self concepts of boys living in low income areas. The theoretical rationale guiding the pro gram assumed that a boy's perception of how others expected him to behave would be the crucial variable in changing self concept and behavior. Although there is some indication that the use of teaching machines may have had an impact and that Negro boys may have responded to the program better than Caucasian boys, the overall findings show that the program had little if any impact. These results suggest that projects designed to modify individual behavior through employment programs may be somewhat futile unless they can also bring about changes in the larger social system surrounding boys in low income areas.

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