Study findings suggest that behavior is more a function of the psychosocial and situational demands of current circumstances than it is of the past. (NH)

Discusses how differing cognitive style in adolescents relates to their adaptation to pubescent body change. (NH)

Evaluates the effects of six kinds of social interaction on peer preference among first grade children. (NH)

Several hundred children in various group care programs were compared for cognitive development with same-age children reared at home. The group-reared children did not show any of the developmental deficiencies usually attributed to institutional care. (NH)

Purpose of the present study was the development of two research instruments designed to assess young children's functioning in preschool settings. (Authors)

Study analyzes figures children make with playdough, a different medium that provides evidence related to two opposing theories of the development of representation. (Author)

Four experiments are described in which observational learning was found on multidimensional conservation tasks. (MB)

Aim of this experiment was to determine whether the increased retention of early learned behavior in animals might also be operable in children. (Authors/MB)

It was concluded that the young child's difficulty in retaining tactual information is probably one of the major determinants of his established difficulty in intersensory integration. (Authors)