Develops a model of "knowing" and discusses the implications of this model for an understanding of the nature of developmental stages. (BD)

Attempts to expand White's model of effectance motivation through a consideration of developmental implications. Considers such issues as developmental stages, environmental influences, success and failure effects, and perceived competence and control among others. (BD)

This paper summarizes the Thomas and Cross models on psychological nigrescence and reviews the empirical studies which have been conducted to validate these models. "Nigrescence" means the "process of becoming black", and as these models attempt to depict the various stages black Americans traveled in seeking a new identity…

This article describes the second part of the Pittsburgh Project which dealt with the construction of a black consciousness measure. The introductory section of the paper dealt with a description of Cross's and Thomas's theories about psychological processes in blacks. In order to illustrate these models, an examination of autobiographical and…

The article presents a rationale for the application of a stage process model to provide speech clinicians with guidelines, based on complexity, for the content and sequencing of communicative behaviors to be used in planning remedial programs for children with language disorders. (Author/DLS)

The authors describe their efforts to produce a global assessment scale for young emotionally disturbed children derived from an integrated synthesis of developmenta theories. Charts outline developmental stages, zones, modes, and dominant traits or characteristics of five major theorists (S. Freud, E. Erikson, A. Maslow, J. Piaget, and F.…