Kindergarten, second, and fourth grade children were asked to recall letter sequences on a task which required the use of a verbal strategy, a positional strategy, or either of the two strategies. (BD)

Investigating black-white differences in job shifts, this analysis is based on panel data and examination of the following: whether a person intended to quit; whether he actually quit his job; and whether he was involuntarily dismissed. Variables examined include: job income, education level, age, marital status, and job holder's number of…

No correlation was found between the content of moral attitudes in undergraduate males, as measured by the Survey of Ethical Attitudes; and the structure of the reasoning supporting these attitudes, using the Kohlberg Moral Judgment Interview. Researchers should distinguish between these concepts when relating moral development to personality.…

A simple-structure factor analysis of test data from 149 sixth-grade children in Norway was conducted. Broad factors were interpreted to represent Visualization, Speediness, and Fluency, as well as Fluid and Crystallized Intelligence. The results are discussed in relation to the Cattell-Horn theory of intelligence. (Author/JAC)

Reviews ideas and knowledge concerning the development of a cognitive understanding of the social world from preadolescence through adolescence. Analyzes the relationship between social cognition and peer and family relations. (BD)

Observed 3-year-old boys and their parents in dyadic play situations to determine how the difference in the ages and roles of parent and child influence the quality of their interaction. Also examines how the sex of the parents influences the nature of their interaction with their young children. (Author/JMB)

Reviewed are foreign and American studies on the relationship between school entrance age and reading readiness; and presented is the author's contention that children should be automatically admitted to kindergarten and first grade, with the school responsible for appropriate individualized instruction. (CL)

Examines how understanding of the concept of an electrical circuit depends upon age, sex, non-verbal ability, reading ability, and spatial ability among 192 eight to 11 year old students in two English elementary schools. Findings indicated performance differences by all factors except sex. (Author/DB)

Finds developmental differences in the abilities of eight-year-old, eleven-year-old, and adult second language learners to repeat certain grammatical sentence structures. (RL)

The 26,316 patients who entered drug therapy programs participating in the DARP from June, 1971, to March, 1973, and who had used drugs for at least two years were grouped into three drug use categories. Differences were observed among these three groups regarding the first drug used daily and the age at first drug use. (Author)

The focal issue is whether school participation in an organization development (OD) program is associated with positive classroom climate and interpersonal behavior. Three experimental schools participated in a 16 month OD program. Three matched control schools did not participate. Students in experimental schools tended to report more positive…

Using a simple structure factor analysis of test data of 144 fourth grade children in Norway, second order factors interpreted to represent Broad Visualization, Speediness, Fluid, and Crystallized intelligence intercorrelated substantially, the correlation between Fluid and Crystallized intelligence being the highest. (Author/BW)

Investigated the validity of using the Interpersonal Checklist in self-ratings by older individuals and under across generation instructional sets by college students. Effects of sex of target and sex of rater were also investigated. Results indicated significant generational differences and misperceptions of older adults by students. (Author)

First, second, third, sixth, and ninth graders and college students were presented with 4 different tasks of surface-volume dissociation in order to see whether or not the conservation of one of these properties would wrongly induce a belief in the conservation of the other. (Author/JMB)