In a visual memory task, two degrees of stimulus detail were compared to test Reese's hypothesis that stimulus detail would facilitate retention of paired associates for young children. Forty 4-year-olds and forty 5-year-olds were tested to assess reported trend that elaboration facilitates retention for older children. (JH)

In preparation for a conference on learning and individual differences, the invited authors prepared chapters, which were distributed in draft form. Presentations were followed by discussions, which were recorded, and then edited for this volume, so that the discussion transcript follows each paper. The chapters in part 1, General Background and…

A study examined whether structural features of radio elicit orienting responses in attentive and inattentive listeners. Subjects (college students enrolled in one of three telecommunications courses at a major Midwest university who received course credit for participation) listened to a 12-minute radio stimulus. Results showed that inattentive…

This textbook is a fourth reader that uses supplementary reading, memory exercises, exercises in oral and written expression, vocal training, and phonic analysis. Poetry, prose, and biographies are included.

The present research was proposed to examine the effect of instructed mental imagery vs. rote repetition on recall. (Author/RK)

The present study was done to determine whether free retrieval of (all items from) a catergory in PS (permanent storage) could be increased by reminding Ss of items in that category. (Author/RK)

Models of development and models of memory reflect either a mechanistic or organismic world view. A merger of the information-processing models of memory and qualitative models of development is suggested, and has valuable implications about the possible nature of "locus" of memory development (ST)

The use of category organization in free recall was studied in elementary school students. Trained subjects showed higher recall. Several indices of organization were compared and evaluated. (ST)

A model of the response process based on signal-detection theory (Tanner & Swets, 1954) was used to analyse PI effects in three different tests of short-term memory. (Editor)

The serial recall of visually presented words which were either read aloud (voiced) or read silently was examined in 3 experiments. (Editor)

False recognition errors in elementary school children were studied using word association tasks. Data obtained validated the developmental changes in the dominant dimensions of associative organization. (ST)

The work reported in this study attempts to further isolate the place of two codes of information, visual and acoustic. (Author/RK)

Sometime before four months of age infants are capable of storing information either about the physical properties of visual stimuli or about the contigency between their response and the reinforcement. (Author)

Response to article Development of the ability to encode within evaluative dimensions,'' Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972, 13, 210-19. (EJ 053 728). (CB)