Investigated developmental differences in males' (ages 3-20) descriptions of video scenes in which various interpersonal situations were depicted. Alternative paradigms for study besides egocentrism-decentering approaches are discussed. (DP)

Summary scores for behaviors rated on Bayley's Infant Behavior Record were obtained by summing sequential ratings for same-sex twins participating in a longitudinal study. Composite scores were calculated for two behavioral clusters - one composed of behaviors related to primary cognitions and the other of behaviors related to extraversion.…

In a study of charitable behavior, 187 kindergarten through sixth grade Caucasian boys and girls were given the opportunity to share candy with children (1) described as similar to them, (2) with children described as dissimilar and needy, or (3) with both. (BD)

This study was undertaken to determine the relative contribution of age, sex, and three stimulus features (board shape, block arrangement, and block shape) to perceptual accuracy on 39 board/block adaptations of Piaget's three-mountain task. (Author/SB)

The present study was designed to assess the preschool's contribution to the social, physical, and cognitive development of children in a normal, upper-middle socioeconomic level community. (BD)

Examines the development of social relations in kindergarten, first-, second-, and third-grade children through an assessment of the children's role-taking skills and classification abilities. (CM)

The authors examined aspects of reliability and validity of the Goode-nough-Harris Draw-A-Person Test (DAP; D. B. Harris, 1963). The participants were 115 seven- to nine-year-old students attending regular or special education schools. Three judges, with a modest degree of training similar to that found among practicing clinicians, rated the…