Two experiments examined whether young children's difficulty with behavioral predictions when appearance was misleading would extend to more general domains. Found that while both 3- and 5- year-olds understood that persons dressing up in costume would retain their real identities, 3-year-olds were unable to predict that the character's biological…

The relationship of Piagetian level of cognitive development to field-independence-dependence was examined in 20 school children aged 10-17, in northern Belize, Central America. (MP)

To investigate a cognitive-developmental explanation of attachments between grandparents and grandchildren, three groups of grandchildren (mean ages 4.6, 9.3 and 19.2 years) were studied. (Author/MP)

Investigated the hypothesis that the meaning young children attribute to the word "big" may depend differentially on the object of reference. Children three and five years of age who were shown pairs of buildings and pairs of cars used a height rule for both classes of objects when interpreting big. (NH)

Investigated young children's ability to talk about representational aspects of pretense. Found that 5-year-olds, but very few 4-year-olds, can explain why certain actions should not be called pretending; young children discriminate between pictures of thinking and pretending based on a depiction of action; and preschoolers are less able than…

Examined relationships among theory of mind construct of intention and false belief, problem-solving ability, metacognitive regulation, and strategy use in 39 preschoolers. Found significant correlations between strategy use and theory of mind, and metacognitive regulation and theory of mind. A moderate, but nonsignificant, correlation was found…

Reports on the responses of 99 children ranging in age from 52 months to 95 months to questions concerning movies and television programs that frightened them. Indicates older children watch as much "impossible" content as younger children. (HOD)

This study compared affective responses to written and oral presentations of triadic situations of three groups: fourth graders (concrete operational), eighth graders, and freshmen in college (formal operational) to see whether the variation in stimulus mode produces a different kind of response in the eighth graders. (Author/NH)

A total of 416 elementary school children described in writing what their grandparents meant to them. Girls were more likely than boys to mention love. Younger children reported obtaining more affective provisions (e.g., attachment and nurturance) from grandparents while older children reported more cognitive provisions (e.g., guidance and pride…

This study compared scores of 131 deaf and 131 hearing adolescents on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. (SB)

Replicates Inhelder's studies of memory and intelligence, and summarizes the literature which relates directly to the Inhelder studies. (SB)

Forty-four middle and 44 lower SES children were given Piaget's provoked and spontaneous correspondence tests to see: (1) how they made correspondence, (2) if the idea of equivalent sets, once achieved, was retained after objects were regrouped destroying visible equivalence, and (3) if age, sex, and SES differences existed. Results indicated that…

In order to study developmental and task-related factors in ability to coordinate two dimensions, a simple multiplicative relations matrix task was presented to 51 children in kindergarten and grades 1 and 2. (MS)

Explores the extent to which third graders are consistent in their definitions and explanations of nine social qualities. For several qualities, children's definitions and explanations followed developmental predictions. For other qualities, definitions and explanations were attributed to previously identified moderation variables and age of…

Explored whether there are changes with age in understanding the specific distinction between natural and human-made phenomena and whether an appreciation of this distinction influences children's beliefs about the possibility of altering or transforming different categories of objects. Found that this distinction, a powerful organizer for adults,…