Findings suggest that humor facilitates the recall of incidental but not intentional learning. (MB)

Study reports an analysis of basic assumptions underlying the Mental Grade and Years in School methods for determining reading expectancy. (Authors)

Results of this study suggest that availability of a consistent set of color labels is related more closely to recognition accuracy than is the spontaneous production of labels in a color recognition task. (Authors)

Author, feeling that too much importance is placed on the results of intelligence tests, offers some possibilities for revision. (MB)

Results offer empirical support to Ilg and Ames's claim that the Gesell battery is an excellent predictor of school readiness. The close similarity of the Piaget and Gesell tests accords well with previous findings that the two tests have much in common. (Authors/MB)

Construct validity of the Columbia Mental Maturity Scale (CMMS) was examined in terms of dimensions derived from conceptual behavior research, namely, abstract or concrete exemplars and an oddity or pairing rule. The CMMS performance of children with normal IQs was superior to that of children with borderline IQs. Implications for the diagnosis of…

The ultimate responsibility for educating all children should be returned to educators, but tressed by the supportive diagnostic and remedial expertise of specialists in child psychology." (Author)

The evidence suggests that parents have great influence upon the behavior of their children, particularly their intellectual and academic achievement, and that programs which teach parents skills in educating their children are effective supplements or alternatives for preschool education." (Author)