A discussion of models of intellectual development and their application to education identifies the two major groups of such models and examines recent attempts to combine them. The two types of theories are described as the psychometric models, which see intellectual growth as the incremental amassing and associating of discrete ideas, and the…

Relating disorders to Piaget's and Freud's developmental stages, it is proposed that, in the somatopsychic group, resomatization is associated with primitive modes of thinking and feeling; while in the psychosomatic group, resomatization is connected with an operational type of cognition and emotion. A case history is used as illustration.…

Emphasizes the rich potential of stimulating the growth and development of young children through playing group games. Developmental guidelines for choosing appropriate games are based on Piagetian theory. (CM)

This study attempted to clarify the developmental progression in the understanding of conditional sentences by evaluating the capacity of 71 third, 70 sixth, and 64 ninth graders to learn three interpretations of abstract conditional sentences. (JMB)

Thirty-seven middle-class white children, ages 5-8, were tested on eight Piagetian tasks and the Rorschach test, and divided into preoperational, transitional, and concrete operational groups. Measures of primary process vs. secondary process thinking were found to be related to the Piagetian stages of development. (GDC)

Theoretical concepts from multivariate developmental psychology and systems theory are used to describe qualitative and quantitative change in three cognitive subsystems: perceiving, conceptualizing, and symbolizing. Available from: Ablex Publishing Corporation, 355 Chestnut Street, Norwood, New Jersey 07648. (CL)

Two models of intertask relations, Wohlwill's divergent-decalage and reciprocal-interaction patterns, were evaluated for their fit to cross-classification tables which showed the joint classification of 101 children's performance on all possible pairs of eight concrete operational tasks. (SB)

A test of motor stage theory was conducted to screen cross-sectionally for the existence of "horizontal structure" among motor sequences within four movement components of overarm throwing and overarm striking for force. Subjects were 58 preschool and elementary school boys. Findings are discussed. (Author/MT)

Used an event-sampling procedure to determine developmental patterns of sex differences in verbal aggression of 32 nursery school children. Verbal aggression was more common than physical aggression for both sexes. Another study that sampled free speech of first, third, and fifth grade children found only fifth grade boys significantly more…

Five studies investigated children's perception of scale and contour in melodies. It was found that young children can detect key transposition changes in familiar and unfamiliar melodies and are sensitive to melodic contour over transformations that preserve it, yet distinguish spontaneously between melodies with the same contour and different…

Points out the progress in the clinical literature in helping people deal with the event of death but argues there is great neglect in the literature regarding viewing death as a perspective, and its valuable clinical use. By referring to Heidegger's contributions to existential psychology, explains what is meant by this perspective and its…

The normal development of literacy is described, and a model consisting of three phases corresponding to the acquisition of logographic, alphabetic, and, finally, orthographic skills is proposed. Breakdown at any stage results in a specific type of literacy disorder as well as the development of compensatory skills. (Author/DB)

Examines the development of integration and comprehension monitoring in four-, five- and eight-year-olds. Children listened to stories containing a nonspecific premise, two sentences that converged on an interpretation of the premise, and an anomalous sentence. Results were interpreted as evidence for three developmental levels of integrative…

Surveyed 300 unemployed persons to examine stress and adjustment patterns associated with job loss. Results indicated participants generally experienced the five stages (denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance) faced by the dying. Loss of income and loss of self-image were rated the most stressful factors. (JAC)