The results of this study confirm the predicted relationship between close self-parental distance and internal control of reinforcement for both males and females. (Author/WY)

Replicates and corroborates a study by L. L. LeShan which reported that middle class (MC) children's stories cover a longer time span than those of lower class (LC) children. MC children's stories, however, were also longer in length and contained more past tense verbs. Time span may be an artifact of story length. (DB)

The study, exploring affective attitudes toward the past, present, and future, found that youthful offenders were oriented primarily toward the future and past rather than the present. Attitudes toward the future were positive while the past and present were regarded negatively. (Author)

A discussion of the views of various linguists on the future tense in English, followed by a scheme for classifying expressions of futurity. To be continued in a future issue. (FB)

Briefly reports findings of research indicating that primary school children are adept at recognizing many historical stereotypes and placing them in an accurate sequence. Illustrates how time charts can be used to foster children's historical understanding. (RH)

Illustrates various ways of using a scale to indicate the percentage of a child's life spent in foster care. Uses in projecting caseloads and costs, comparing normal and special-needs foster care populations, and assessing the impact of parent involvement on length of time in foster care are described. (RH)

Results showed that the 22 reading impaired seven- to nine-year-olds, none of whom had oral language deficits, showed no significant differences on most perceptual/motor tasks tested, suggesting that previous evidence indicating poor temporal integration in reading impaired children was due to inclusion of children with oral language deficits. (CL)

As temporal distance from an event increased, individuals both interpreted their own behavior and outcomes as being more due to situational influences and perceived their behavior to have been more similar to the behavior of others. Further, differences in attributions of actors and observers narrowed as temporal distance from the target event…

A mid-1970s study of the characteristics of pregnant unmarried mothers who keep their children and those who surrender them for adoption discloses some differences from the characteristics of such mothers in the late 1960s and early 1970s. (CM)

120 college students sorted cards with instructions to process bits of information per card (response uncertainty) and then made an absolute judgment of the interval's duration. Judged time was an inverse linear function of response uncertainty under the prospective paradigm, whereas no significant function was obtained under the retrospective…

Briefly discusses previous accounts of the English tense system and proposes another system in which verbs are divided into the following subcategories: 1) timelessness; 2) present; 3) past; 4) future. Examples of each subcategory are cited for the English as a second language teacher. A reference list of 41 citations is included. (Author/LMO)

Reports on an experiment designed to identify how contextual information can influence children's performance on an experimental task involving temporal terms. It is concluded that contextual information results in a significant improvement only when such information can be used to satisfy presuppositions. (Author/CB)

Examined the relationship between infant attractiveness and maternal behavior by observing mothers feeding and playing with their firstborn infants immediately after giving birth and when the infants were three months of age. Found that mothers of more attractive infants were more affectionate and playful compared with mothers of less attractive…

Examines the role of a "local cue"--the grammatical aspect expressed by the verb "ru/-ta"--in Japanese temporal clauses. Ninety-six children were examined. Results show that the success of verb forms as clues requires that temporal relations be clearly expressed. This supports the claim that overt surface clues facilitate…