This paper describes the initial organization of the infant's reaction to having his vision occluded by an opaque cloth; traces the development of this reaction over the first six months; and probes the role the occlusion of vision plays in provoking the reaction. Fifty videotaped sessions of infants during two conditions - eyes covered with an…

Traces the development of the theme of death in children's books through the years. (HOD)

Examines the possibility that the detection of developmental differences in spatial egocentrism may depend in part on the use of percentage of total responses vs the percentage of errors as the operational definition of egocentrism. (BD)

In order to examine the relationship between name writing and the drawing of a person, samples of both were collected from 112 preschool children (23-63 months old). (PNR)

Reports results of a study of the development of perspective-taking skills of 180 English children aged six through ten. Children first are able to represent the object nearest the observer, then before-behind relationships, and subsequently left-right relationships between objects. Questions Piagetian conclusions that perspective-taking ability…

Describes the major features of mid-life transition and the associated mid-career crisis before outlining what can be done in organizations to meet the challenges of mid-life transition. (Author/IRT)

Presents a study of the efficacy of using reinforcement versus cognitive conflict in producing changes in the moral judgments of ninth grade subjects. (BD/BR)

A developmental approach to education assumes that as individuals develop they view the world differently and with increasingly more adequate ways of perceiving and behaving. Discusses some prominent theorists who have attempted to clarify the stages of cognitive and affective development that individuals pass through during the life cycle and the…

Divorce has doubled in the last 10 years, leaving 20 percent of children in elementary school with divorced parents. Divorce is one of the major problems elementary school counselors will confront now and in the future. (Author)

Attempts to expand White's model of effectance motivation through a consideration of developmental implications. Considers such issues as developmental stages, environmental influences, success and failure effects, and perceived competence and control among others. (BD)

Analysis of primary process thinking of the same children at kindergarten level and at grade four revealed that amount of primary process thinking was relatively constant with development, contrary to predictions based on psychoanalytic theory. However, drive related ideation increased and formal deviations of thought decreased in quality and type…

The essays of 480 children from 6 to 14 years of age were content analyzed along 21 dimensions of friendship expectation. Results supported an invariant-sequence interpretation for the 11 dimensions which increased significantly with age. (Author/JMB)

Argues that five stages in the development of self concept can be recognized with a different type of self esteem being appropriate to each stage. The stages are: the dynamic self, self-as-object, self-as-knower, self-as-intergrated-whole, and the "selfless" self. (MS)

Free recall learning and organization were measured for third, seventh and eleventh grade children under conditions which varied the type and amount of task structure. (BD)