Paper is based on a Master's Thesis submitted by the senior author to the Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, 1967. (IR)

Describes a developmental study of semantic structures in children who are asked to determine the fitness of descriptive labels for line drawings representing a variety of perceptual stimuli. (Author/WY)

Indicates that the use of verbal rewards which are not congruent with behavior will result in less efficient problem-solving than either a neutral, no-reward situation, or the use of rewards which are congruent with the problem-solving behavior. The giving of congruent rewards improved the problem-solving efficiency of girls but not of boys. (LS)

Forty crying and 24 sleeping 2- to 3-day-old healthy, full-term newborns were given six interventions whichentailed contact and/or vestibular stimulation. Scores obtained on a six-point scale assessing levels of alertness imply that the vestibular stimulation which attends maternal caretaking activities is crucial, at least during the neonatal…

Discusses the ways of interpreting illustrations, and how these interpretations can be changed. (MM)

Critique of a recent study of children's reading preferences--reported by Robin C. Ford and Janos Koplyay in "Children's Story Preferences,""Reading Teacher," vol. 22 (December 1968), 233-37--which utilized 60 pictures and descriptive sentences. (RD)

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)