Studied the effects of the child's participation in longitudinal intervention on the structured mother-child teaching interaction. The significant between-group differences found in the children's behavior, task scores, and patterning of interaction were interpreted as evidence of feedback effects from the experimental group children to their…

This study assessed the influence of age and ability on linear syllogistic reasoning in early adolescence by presenting bright and average 11- and 13-year-olds with 64, 3-term series problems. Results showed a dramatic effect on performance due to ability. Age effect was only marginally significant. (JMB)

Boys, ages 6, 8, and 10, were classified with regard to conceptual tempo and were presented with cartoon stimuli varying in cognitive complexity and level of affectivity. The results indicate that reflective subjects generally displayed the highest comprehension scores while impulsive subjects displayed the greatest spontaneous mirth. (JMB)

Experiment 1 examined the relationship between dimensional preference and proportion of optional reversal shifts among adults. Experiment 2 examined dimensional preference and shift behaviors using an intradimensional-extradimensional shift paradigm. The results indicate that adults show the same type of behavior previously throught to…

This study examined the stranger reactions of 18-month-old children in three types of mother/stranger social contexts: (1) no interaction, (2) conversation only, or (3) playing cards. The results showed differential responding by condition, suggesting that 18-month-olds are sensitive to the background context of social encounters.

The results of this study indicate that the relative relations between a child's sex and body type and the interpersonal distance used toward him remain stable from kindergarten through sixth grade. (JMB)

This study examined the conceptual variables that influence friendship as a function of developmental age. Teachers asked students to write an essay about what they expected in their best friends. An analysis of their responses indicated an age-related transition from egocentric to sociocentric and sociocentric to empathic expectations. (JMB)

Describes two experiments which examine the relationship between nurturance, attraction, and imitation. The results showed a significant relationship between nurturance and attraction and no relationship between nurturance and imitation. This suggests that positive relationships between nurturance and imitation are mediated by the child's…

This study examined the age and sex characteristics of persons who would be sought for advice by different cohort groups. The results indicated a convergence of preferences for middle-aged advisors, with males being preferred as advisors more strongly by the middle-aged and older groups. (JMB)

The results of this study indicate that answering young children's questions increases the frequency with which they ask questions. The evidence also suggests that children use questions partially as a means of maintaining social contact and attention with a friendly adult after their information seeking efforts have been exhausted. (JMB)

This study examined changes in touch interaction among primary school children. The findings support the generalization that sexual taboos and racial discrimination are important in the reduction of touch from kindergarten to sixth grade. (JMB)

This study assessed the nature of the conceptual schemas used by elementary school students in observing the behavior of peers. The results indicate that elementary school students use a comprehensive, understandable conceptual schema, discrepant from the schema used by teachers, but reliable. (JMB)

Three samples of elementary school children were interviewed to test the hypothesis that cooperativeness and affective perspective-taking are positively correlated. The results indicated that such a correlation does exist, but no evidence was found concerning the direction of the relationship. (JMB)

This study compared the child-rearing orientations and techniques of low-income white, black, and Mexican-American families. The results indicated that the techniques parents said they used to socialize their children were remarkably similar across groups even though their goals were different. (JMB)