Handwriting instruction: (a) What is the goal? (b) Compare standardized handwriting styles vs. individualistic handwriting on motivation to practice handwriting, exploring factors such as indicators of social status across multiple contexts including gender and SES. (c) What are sociocognitive effects of various methods of handwriting instruction? (d) Explore cross-cultural differences within the U.S. and between other handwriting systems such as Chinese characters. (e) Substantially improve this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwriting.

What purpose(s) would violent initiations serve? (e.g., is there a continuum from arduous to abusive; is there any effect on parenting?)

Compare the effect on motivation and performance outcome of (a) imagining an audience, (b) performance live in front of an audience, (b) performance that is recorded and that will be distributed (b1) or (b2) not distributed, (c) performance as rehearsal, and (d) performance in private.