This demonstration of release from proactive interference with young children confirms the suggestion that the technique is appropriate for the study of developmental changes in the encoding of information. (Authors/CB)

Young children were given tasks in which they were to identify small variations in complex patterns. Results indicated the children were able to perform the task more accurately than developmental models would have predicted. (ST)

The impact of sociocultural change upon age differences in adult cognitive behavior was studied. Results indicated stability of cognitive functioning throughout most of adulthood. Decrements found in other studies may be attributed to cultural change factors. (ST)

Children 5 to 11 were given Piagetian spatial perspective tasks in a study of the development of egocentrism. Results indicated a more complex development of egocentrism than earlier Piagetian studies have suggested. (ST)

When shown photographs, young children preferred children with attractive faces as potential friends, and attributed prosocial behaviors to them. They disliked unattractive faces and attributed antisocial behaviors to them. (ST)

Use and understanding of dimensional language facilitated conservation. (ST)

Investigations of relationship of teachers behavior to childrens task behavior in preschool. Less critical, less directive teachers showed a higher rate of children's task behavior. (ST)

Children can recognize patterns much earlier than they can reconstruct them. A child cannot understand seriation in an operational sense unless he recognizes a seriated configuration. (ST)

Subjects who reported that their parents used more punishing- and controlling-type behaviors were found to have greater expectations of control by powerful others, while subjects who viewed their parents as using unpredictable standards had stronger chance orientations. (ST)

When compared to sighted children, blind children were found to be more verablly fluent, flexible, and original as measured by the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. (ST)