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Peer reviewedOverton, Willis F.; Jackson, Joseph P. – Child Development, 1973
Major finding of this study demonstrates clear support for the proposed developmental sequence of gestural representation. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Developmental Psychology, Imagination
Peer reviewedBlaine, Daniel D.; Dunham, Jack L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Conceptual Schemes, Memory, Models
Hartmann, Donald P. – J Personality Soc Psychol, 1969
Studies the effects of anger arousal, displays of aggression, and pain cues on later interpersonal aggression. The hypothesis that symbolic aggression has a cathartic effect is contradicted by the results. Bibliography, table, and graphs. (JB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Behavioral Science Research, Catharsis
Peer reviewedSilverman, Wayne P. – American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 1974
Descriptors: Age Differences, Exceptional Child Research, Intelligence Quotient, Memory
Gardner, Howard; And Others – New York University Education Quarterly, 1975
This article, which sheds light on the variety of symbol use among children, discusses the need to investigate each symbolic medium separately and to integrate cognitive and affective aspects underlying artistic production. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Art Expression, Childhood Attitudes, Freehand Drawing
Peer reviewedDerevensky, Jeffrey – Journal of Experimental Education, 1976
Sixty kindergarten, sixty second grade, and sixty fourth grade students performed several memory tasks under one of six conditions. The conditions differed as to the method of presentation of information. The study focused on developmental changes in children's use of verbal, nonverbal, and spatial-positional cues for memory. (Editor)
Descriptors: Cues, Educational Research, Elementary School Students, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedTouhey, John C. – Psychological Reports, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Individual Characteristics
Download full textSmothergill, Nancy L. – 1969
The first of this series of studies on the ability of young children to follow directions was designed to find out which is easier for a preschool child: to follow directions given only by demonstration or given only verbally. Subjects were 108 white, middle class, 4-year-olds enrolled in a nursery school. Each teacher tested the children in her…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Abstract Reasoning, Comprehension, Interpretive Skills
