According to Piaget, a child's intellectual development undergoes a progressive socialization process, by assimilation and accommodation, to reach equilibrium with the adult environment. It is proposed that a disturbance in the process of adaptation to reality may lead to a neurotic response. For related articles, see TM 501 288 and 289. (RC)

Using Quay's typology, three equal groups (n=12) of adolescent psychopathic, neurotic, and subcultural delinquent males and a matched nondelinquent control group were individually administered Kohlberg's structured moral dilemmas, two Piagetian tasks of cognitive development (pendulum and balance), and an adaption of Flavell's role-taking task.…

Explored the relationship between three personality traits in older adults and improvement in face-name recall after three types of intervention. Results showed improvement in recall after intervention; a correlation between the openness trait and recall with all interventions; and a correlation between the fantasy subfactor trait and recall with…