This paper outlines a developmental self psychology for use by career counselors with career clients. It offers a definition of a psychological self, draws from the work of Mead, Vygotsky, and Kohut to develop an understanding of the processes involved in the development and internalization of a psychological self, and connects the work of career…

The underlying semantic structure of the complete lexicon of four Hebrew-speaking infants at the one-word stage of lexical development was examined. Particular attention was given to the timing of word acquisition and the patterns of identified relationships among words. Three types of interrelationships among early words were explored: (1)…

Recent research into the religious lives of children has been influenced by various contemporary theories of child development including Fowler's (1981) "stages of faith" model. Profound religious states among children seem to have been neglected, yet the literature in this field attests to the existence of these states. The presence of…

The study was designed to test the hierarchy of difficulty in the acquisition of principles of class and conditional logic for 120 children of normal intelligence, and to compare the relative rates of logic development for those children of normal intelligence with the rate of logic development found in a previous study involving 120 gifted…

Utilizing a minimum of technical terminology, this eight-chapter monograph introduces beginning psychology students to the basic concepts of Piaget's theory of mental development and to its application by parents and teachers. As an aid to learning, each of the concepts discussed is illustrated by black-and-white drawings which can be reproduced…

Children's acquisition of developmental milestones is examined within the framework of a developmental-interactive system. Piaget's stages of cognitive development are reviewed and developmental aspects of language acquisition including inner language and expressive language are discussed. (JMB)

One hundred forty-seven elementary school students participated in this study to examine whether hypotheses based on Veroff's stage-developmental interpretation of achievement motivation are supported. (MP)

Results of this replication study indicate considerable agreement with Piaget and Inhelder's description of stage-related verbal features while failing to confirm their description of stage-related nonverbal features. (JMB)

Attempts to clarify the meaning of differentiation in the Piagetian concept of object permanence. (BD)

Subjects who previously participated in a study of stage transition in moral judgment were reinterviewed after a period of 1 1/2 to 2 years. The hypothesis that the conflicts and contradictions evident on the first testing would be resolved through structural reorganization was confirmed. (Author/JMB)

Uses knowledge about group developmental stages as an aid in diagnosing group and individual status and movement, in planning the course of the group, and in aiding its progress. (Author/ABB)

The study of 10 congenitally blind and 10 sighted children (ages 3 through 9) indicated that preoperational thought patterns of nominal realism remain longer for blind than for sighted children indicating a delay in (Piagetian) cognitive development of congenitally blind children and their need for appropriate cognitive and linguistic experiences.…

Builds on a 1983 pilot study of the sequence of feelings and behaviors in divorce, using 141 divorced persons. Model employed three process stages, three filing categories, and three variables. Results of phase two indicated modal frequency of responses at various stages. Recovery lag between actives and passives was not confirmed as in 1983…

Children at three different developmental levels were given a brief presentation by their classroom teacher regarding the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, one day after the explosion. Conversations and comments were recorded and analyzed according to the cognitive developmental levels of the learner, employing primarily a Piagetian perspective.…

A study looked at the life phases of the working adult through interviews with 786 adults. The results were organized into a nine-phase continuum with which adult educators can assist adults in their vocational development and help them understand the phases of working life. (JOW)