An experiment was conducted to test the hypothesis that being in a hurry does not reduce helping, it forces the potential helper to decide whom to help. It was predicted that if others were dependent on a hurrying individual to get somewhere quickly he would not stop; if others were not dependent, he would. Male undergraduates were informed that their data either were or were not vital for successful completion of a research project. They were then sent to another building to participate in the project. Half were told that they were late and must hurry; half were told they had ample time. On route, all encountered a male confederate slumped on the stairs, coughing and groaning. Results indicated that, as predicted, the importance of their data to the experimenter had a significant effect on whether subjects in a hurry would offer aid to the victim.

Most literature on early childhood highlights the importance of the whole child and a holistic approach to the care and education of young children. However, little attention is usually devoted in the literature to the contribution of childhood religious experiences towards the development of the whole child. This article describes the research and ideas of one group of scholars who studied religious experience in childhood. Edward Robinson and his colleagues have researched the religious experiences of people in the British context. In this article, implications are drawn from the work of Robinson and his colleagues for those who educate and care for young children in a variety of settings.

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The term, collaborator, has been widely attributed to Jewish high priest Joseph Caiaphas when discussing his relationship with the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate. The implication of this description has been that Caiaphas holds ultimate responsibility for the execution of Jesus of Nazareth at the hands of the Romans. This article challenges the validity of the description of Caiaphas as a collaborator. Little evidence of any relationship between the two men exists. Likewise, any ability to see into the heart and mind of Caiaphas to assess motives and intentions is not available to modern investigations. The meaning of the word itself is malleable and has undergone shifts in usage since it was first applied to Caiaphas in the years immediately after the end of World War II. Assigning an unreliable term such as collaborator to Caiaphas is a stumbling block in relations between Christians and Jews.

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