A 40-month-old child with severely retarded speech development was studied in the home in order to investigate speech development as a function of levels of naturally occurring parental stimulation. (Authors/MB)

The study goes beyond the well-documented relationship between delinquent associations and involvement in delinquency to a consideration of independent consequences. Findings show that just as actual and potential reaction of peers can influence behavior without necessarily shaping normative commitments at the same time, so sensitivity of children…

The development of educational aspirations in high school students is represented in a causal model, measuring influence of referents at two points in time. Changes in effects of causes is central. Data suggests influence changes over time, parents exhert greatest influence, sex differences in decision-making processes are manifest. (Author)

Using the ability to understand five test structure sentences as a criteria of English comprehension, the author concludes that children pass through five specific stages of language development. The rapidity with which this development occurs is determined by Socioeconomic Status and reading interests of parent and child. (AF)

Reviews current research on (1) the factors that help development the individual's self-concept, and (2) the effects of self-concept on psychological and educational development. (VJ)

A preprint from a forthcoming pamphlet of the National Conference on Research in English. (Editor/SW)

Paper was presented at the CWLA Southwest Regional Conference, Forth Worth, Texas, 1970. (NH)