The data collected on 144 lower-middle income male and female subjects suggests that as the age of the child increases, either the need for social approval must decrease or the expectancy of success through nonconforming responses must increase. (Author/WY)

Three experiments using 3- and 4-year-olds as subjects tested the hypothesis that focal colors are more salient than nonfocal colors for young children and are the areas to which color names initially become attached. (NH)

Elementary school children of both sexes (n=132) saw a male peer film model either rewarded or punished for touching prohibited toys. The model either smiled, cried, or showed no reaction, and subsequently had a differential influence on the behavior of children who observed. (NH)

Stage of moral development was found to be positively related to extent of social participation whether judged by self, peers, or teachers. (Author/WY)

This study suggests that children 3-8 years old are not totally egocentric but have some capacity for responding empathically to another person's perspective and point of view. (Author/WY)