Explores the relationship between Piaget's work on awareness and aspects of language development, pointing out continuities and discontinuities between the two areas of development. (Author/RH)

The study comparing the appreciation of riddles by 12 visually handicapped and sighted children (7 to 8 years old) supported the hypothesis that visually handicapped children are able to recognize and resolve the incongruities of riddles at the same age as sighted children. (Author/CL)

Kohlberg's claim that moral development proceeds through an invariant sequence of stages was experimentally examined by attempting to induce regression and stage skipping in fifth- through seventh-grade children. Results supported Kohlberg's claim but also indicated that situations two stages above development were effective in inducing…

Examines children's understanding of gender permanence and the genital basis of gender as distinct stages in the development of a gender identity. Subjects were 237 Swedish children aged 3 to 10 years. (CM)

It is argued in this article that the need to find something certain to which to devote oneself is strongest among youth who are in a state of identity diffusion, and that the search for certainty in such a state is frequently for the genuine, the pure, and the enduring. (Author)

The author reviews the literature and provides a bibliography on middle aged and mid-life transitions. (SK)

Two 9-year-old boys are described who performed in the normal range on measures of IQ, language ability, and reading. The boys were unable, however, to acquire elementary numerical skills and also manifested other specific cognitive deficits associated with the Gerstmann syndrome. (Author)

Argues that knowing the stages of spelling development can help teachers guide students to spelling improvement, consciousness, and competency. Suggests teaching methods. (FL)

Various types of humor found among children of school age and among adolescents are placed in a structural-developmental framework. Also discussed are several ways in which teachers can use children's humor in their classrooms. (MP)

Develops a model of "knowing" and discusses the implications of this model for an understanding of the nature of developmental stages. (BD)

The developmental relations between anticipatory imagery, conservation of length, and operational structures were investigated in 80 kindergarten and third-grade children by means of imagery tasks combined with a length conservation task. (MS)

This paper demonstrates methodology for assessing symbolic maturity or mental representation as evidenced in symbolic play. Five female subjects (14 to 19 months at the inception of the study) were observed monthly at home in a free-play situation over one year. (Author/SB)

The effect of resolution of incongruity on children's appreciation of cartoon humor was examined. (SB)

Attempted to determine (1) whether developmental differences existed in children's comprehension of simple necessity and simple sufficiency relationships, and (2) the source of developmental differences in children's causal reasoning. (SB)

Notes that the pragmatist approach to the study of mind is represented in psychology by Piaget's action orientation. Believes, however, that American empiricists regularly misinterpreted Piaget's approach. Generally supports Barrouillet and Poirier's advocacy of Piaget's orientation, but presents some disagreements with Barrouillet and Poirier as…