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Combinatorial Skills: Converging Developments over the Second Year.
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Brownell, Celia A. – Child Development, 1988
Children's ability to produce integrated sequences of discrete behaviors was examined as a function of age and task demands for several behavioral domains. Results are discussed in terms of possible age-related constraints on combinatorial skills that operate at a general, cross-domain level during toddlerhood. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Performance Factors
Transitory Hyperphenylalaninaemia in Children with Continuously Treated Phenylketonuria.
Griffiths, Peter; Smith, Caroline; Harvie, Ann – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1997
Cognitive and behavioral effects of temporarily elevating levels of phenylalanine in treated phenylketonuria (PKU) were investigated in a triple-blind crossover study with 16 early and continuously treated children and adolescents with PKU. Results suggest that intellectual ability, memory, and conduct are not affected by medium-term elevated…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Ability
The Spatial Organization of Hiding and Recovery of Objects by Children.
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Cornell, Edward H.; Heth, C. Donald – Child Development, 1986
Examines the ability of six- and eight-year-old children to hide and recover 20 marbles in a large room containing 100 possible sites. Shows that children tend to concentrate activities in sections of the room and are sensitive to clusters of proximal sites. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Client Resources: Client Characteristics, Coping Skills, and Compliance.
Govaerts, Kathryn A.; Olson, Douglas H. – 1983
Research on interpersonal influence within counseling psychology has focused primarily on the characteristics of the counselor. There is a need to study the role of client characteristics in resistance or noncompliance. A review of the literature indicates that most client characteristics associated with noncompliance in therapy can be narrowed…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Coping, Counseling Effectiveness
Cognitive Abilities of Patients with Lesch-Nyhan Disease.
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Anderson, Lowell T.; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1992
Parents of 42 children (ages 2-32) with Lesch-Nyhan disease were questioned concerning the subjects' behavior patterns. Grouping of responses into nine categories of cognitive skills indicated that only one boy showed any significant cognitive impairment. Despite evidence of good cognitive and emotional skills, subjects were academically delayed,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Ability
Early Hormonal Influences on Cognitive Functioning in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia.
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Resnick, Susan M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Reports the results of cognitive test performance and early childhood activities in individuals with congenital adrenal hyperplasia, an autosomal recessive disorder associated with elevated prenatal adrenal androgen levels, demonstrating the effects of early exposure to excess androgenizing hormones on sexually dimorphic cognitive functioning.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Ability
Social Interactions in a College-Based Center for the Elderly.
Dietrich, Darryl M.; And Others – 1983
The quality of life of nursing home residents may be enhanced by providing them with opportunities to participate in social activities involving different age groups and community-dwelling age peers. To obtain descriptive data, and to investigate the relationships between patterns of social interaction and subject characteristics, time-sampled…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Ability, Interaction, Intergroup Relations