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To determine the relative importance of binaural, right-ear, and left-ear auditory feedback control on the correct production of newly acquired articulatory patterns in children, 40 children exhibiting misarticulations were tested under four experimental conditions. The children were individually administered a shortened version of the Deep Test of Articulation (McDonald, 1964) under (1) a no-masking condition, followed in a counterbalanced order by readministration of the Deep Test under conditions of (2) binaural masking, (3) monaural right-ear masking, and (4) monaural left-ear masking. Correct articulatory production by the children was significantly reduced under binaural and monaural right-ear masking. There was, however, no significant reduction in the children’s correct production under the condition of monaural left-ear masking. The results extend previous findings of right-ear superiority for children’s auditory processing of externally produced stimuli to the closed-loop auditory feedback control of children’s own speech production.

Existing models of conflict resolution/management make assumptions regarding personal and relational variables which make them inappropriate for many important conflict situations. This study examined one such situation-conflict between supervisors and "difficult" subordinates. The authors discovered four patterns of difficult subordinate behavior-apparent compliance, relational leverage, alibis, and avoidance-which differ markedly from those assumed by most models of conflict resolution. These results are discussed with a particular view toward future research and theory building.