The phenomenon of fear of strangers (FS) is reviewed in light of recent findings in neurophysiology, ethology, developmental and cognitive psychology. (Author/TW)

Correspondences between printed and spoken messages are seen to be based on meaning; expectancies about syntax and semantics lead the reader to form hypotheses which can be confirmed or not with only a small portion of cues available in the text. (Author)

The Science Curriculum Improvement Study program is meeting its own objectives. There were significant differences between cognitive performance of SCIS and control classes related to materials studied. (AL)

An analysis of critical thinking is discussed in terms of conceptual interpretations and through determining the logic of linguistic expressions. (Author/RK)

Piagetian principles are illustrated with examples from the preschool classroom; authors conclude that teachers should stand back awhile and watch the children do their own learning.'' (Author/SP)

Digest of papers of the Forty-Seventh Annual Meeting American Orthopsychiatry Association (San Francisco, California, March 23-26, 1970). (RD)

Results of these experiments indicate that the ability to deal with positive and negative instances is not only contingent upon developmental level, but also upon the dimensional characteristics of the stimuli. (Author)

Article describes a math game for developing problem-solving skills and strategies in the classroom math lab. (Author/MM)

Discusses how differing cognitive style in adolescents relates to their adaptation to pubescent body change. (NH)

Examines some of the failings of educational television and discusses the Television Guidelines for Early Childhood Education, which suggest directions for furure development. (MM)

Authors discuss the effects of malnutrition on retardation of mental development and intellectual capacity. Research findings on undernourished experimental animals are cited as well as studies involving children suffering the effects of malnutrition in infancy. (Editor/LF)