Visual, name and conceptual encoding of pictures were studied using a recognition memory task in which 4-, 8-, and 16-year-olds quickly decided whether or not pictures were identical to remembered study pictures. (SB)

Investigates, using eight scenarios, children making inferences about memory from incomplete knowledge and children varying in what they judge as relevant information in their schema. Showed that older children are less likely than younger ones to invoke an inferential schema when making memory judgements. (Author/BB)

Experiments were conducted to explore the operation of retrieval processes in elementary age children's active rehearsal strategies. Using free-recall tasks, subjects were given instructions in active rehearsal as well as supports that might facilitate retrieval operation. Findings suggested that retrieval per se was not necessary for beneficial…

Contrary to expectation, observable surprise proved infrequent in all groups studied. In contrast, changes in conservation judgment were frequent, although the degree of change was reduced somewhat if an appropriate explanation was required. (Author/CB)

Two experiments were conducted to test a number of predictions derived from a cognitive theory of humor. (Author)

Study sought to provide developmental data about the age at which a child will not only color the same object the same color in a reliable fashion, but will also use the correct color." (Author)

Results confirm the hypothesis that identity and equivalence conservation require different mental processes. (Authors/MB)

Paper is based on a Master's Thesis submitted by the senior author to the Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, 1967. (IR)

This study, based on a PhD dissertation submitted to UCLA and supported by the National Institutes of Health, indicates the extent to which children vary in the type of organization they impose on stimuli and the extent to which organization can be influenced by training. (Author/AP)

Experiment one tested 9- and 16-month-old children on a modification of Piaget's Stage IV object permanence task, examining infants' use of information from previous experiences with an object and from a recent hiding to locate a hidden object. In experiment two, two-, two-and-a-half-, and four-year-old children additionally received verbal…