Examines judgments involving children under the tort of negligence, using All England Law Reports for 1939 to 1983 and some cases from other countries. Discusses "contributory negligence,""parental liability,""responsibility,""allurement," and "res-ipsa loquitur." Suggests more use of developmental psychology in making legal judgments and of…

Investigates the relationship between distributive justice, immanent justice, and egocentricism for 21 preschoolers and 24 second graders. These concepts were assessed using the Distribution Justice Scale, immanent justice stories, and an adaptation of Piaget's mountain task. Results indicated significant main effects for age and a significant…

Discusses the work of the bibliotherapeutic technique to treat physically and sexually abused children. The client's psychological stages in the process of bibliotherapy are summarized. Criteria are presented for selecting books and 10 appropriate books are synopsized. Limitations of the technique are discussed. (CB)

Compares 66 infants cared for by registered child minders and 40 infants cared for at 15 day nurseries in London, using interviews and observation. Compares both types of service on finding a place, stability of caregivers, quality of service, interaction with children, and communication with parents. Suggests changes in current government…

Reports a preliminary study on the stability of emotional expressions of four mothers and infants during the six to eight month period of the infant's life. Two hour videotaped home observations were assessed using a rating scale. Findings suggest emotional stability for mothers and dyads but not infants. (CB)

Relates the self-reported behavior of 19 mothers and 19 fathers with their ratings of the activity levels, mood quality, intensity, approach behavior, adaptability, and persistence of three- to four-year-old children. Results suggest that the child's behavior style may contribute to the parents' behavior style and that mothers and fathers may…

Reports a study of 208 migrant children, three to four years of age and mostly Black, assessing school achievement and seven affective characteristics, i.e., delay of gratification, relationship with achievement model, dependency, motor inhibition, self-control, self-concept, and risk-taking. Suggests that findings of sex differences for…

Reviews current research on a woman's chances of bearing twins and the genetic relationship, prenatal competition, and personality similarities between twins. In addition, the nature/nurture controversy is discussed in terms of evidence from studies of identical twins reared apart. Future studies are suggested to discover the ways twinning might…

Attempts to determine the relationship between self-concept and the academic readiness of kindergarten children using a sample of 49 children from four to six years of age. Also investigated the relationship between self-concept and other variables such as educational level of parents, family income, and marital status of parents. (RH)

The teaching act has five phases requiring tactics and means for achieving objectives. Nine categories of tactics constitute a framework for organizing the means. This article presents an inservice discussion designed to help preschool teachers understand the functions of strategy categories and thereby improve their teaching and children's…

Examines various situations in which young children use social comparison to elicit understanding from a peer. Data are drawn from naturalistic observations of three- , four- , and five-year-olds. Children used social comparison to seek information, agreement, permission, compliance, verbal responsiveness, and attention. (Author/RH)

Appendices provide examples of systematic observation of free play, written checklists of play preference items, a discussion of dichotomous choice items, and examples of toy preference ranking procedures. (RH)

A total of 31 three- and four-year-old children were observed at four computer tasks in order to determine the extent to which spatial knowledge and memory for the language and mechanics of programing were related. (Author/RH)

Presents information on the various types of services for handicapped children and their parents, screening and assessment facilities, and the professional preparation of preschool special educators in Hungary. (Author/RH)