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Phrenoblysis: Real or Chimera?
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Marsh, R. W. – Child Development, 1985
Epstein (1974) claims evidence for regular two-year growth spurts in the development of brain and mind, a phenomenon he calls phrenoblysis. Unfortunately, repeated analysis of the data he presents as proof of his theory provides no support. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis
Infancy and the Optimal Level of Stimulation
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Greenberg, David J.; O'Donnell, William J. – Child Development, 1972
Study attempted to determine the viability of optimal level theory as it pertains to infant perceptual and cognitive development. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Infants
Baldwins' Kindness Concept Measure as Related to Children's Cognition and Temperament: A Twin Study
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Brown, Anne M.; And Others – Child Development, 1973
Results are discussed in terms of Piaget's concept of the parallel development of the cognition of the impersonal and interpersonal worlds. (Authors)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Interpersonal Relationship, Maturation
Altruism or Reciprocity: Sharing Behavior in Israeli Kindergarten Children
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Dreman, S. B.; Greenbaum, Charles W. – Child Development, 1973
It is suggested that altruism is a multidimensional concept and that in the young child its expression may in part reflect differing levels of cognitive development. (Authors)
Descriptors: Altruism, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Kindergarten Children
Development of Number Conservation: An Examination of Some Predictions from Piaget's Stage Analysis and Equilibration Model
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Pufall, Peter B.; And Others – Child Development, 1973
Study tests four predictions derived from Piaget's cognitive theory. (CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept)
Outerdirectedness and Imitative Behavior of Institutionalized and Noninstitutionalized Younger and Older Children
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Zigler, Edward; Yando, Regina – Child Development, 1972
Outerdirectedness has been defined by first author and his colleagues as a style of problem solving characterized by reliance on concrete situational cues rather than by active attempts to deduce abstract relationships. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cues, Data Analysis
The Role of Body Parts and Readiness in Acquisition of Number Conservation
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Curcio, Frank; And Others – Child Development, 1971
A combination of readiness and body-part training was the most effective in producing number conservation with external objects. (Authors)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Conservation (Concept), Data Analysis
From Individual Differences to Dynamic Pathways of Development.
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Fischer, Kurt W.; Pare-Blagoev, Juliana – Child Development, 2000
Suggests ways to use dynamic systems analysis to illuminate the pluralistic and multidimensional model described by Larivee, Normandeau, and Parent (2000). Issues discussed include the characteristics of developmental transitions, such as hysteresis; nature of growth processes, such as hierarchical development or predator-prey interactions; and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis
Effects of Perceptual Shielding in the Development of Spatial Perspectives
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Brodzinsky, David M.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Results are discussed in terms of variables which may lead to the activation of cognitive structures during the transitional period. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cues, Data Analysis
Relation of Type and Onset of Father Absence to Cognitive Development
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Santrock, John W. – Child Development, 1972
While father absence due to divorce, desertion, or separation had the most negative influence in the initial 2 years of the child's life for boys and girls, father absence due to death was the most detrimental when it occurred in the 6 - 9 period of the boy's life. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis
Task Structure and Transfer in Children's Learning of Double Classification Skills
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Caruso, John L.; Resnick, Lauren B. – Child Development, 1972
The present study is based on a form of task analysis that explicates in detail the hypothesized solution behavior of skilled performers of the task. (Authors)
Descriptors: Classification, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Kindergarten Children
Maternal Warmth, Achievement Motivation, and Cognitive Functioning in Lower-Class Preschool Children
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Radin, Norma – Child Development, 1971
Findings suggest that maternal child-rearing practices significantly affect the child's response to a given compensatory preschool program. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Intelligence Quotient