A review of Learning Theory and Mental Development (Academic Press, 1970) by William K. Estes. (DS)

Suggests that psycholinguistics research consider variations in cognitive style and notes studies in which this has been done. Bibliography. (RW)

Describes formulation of distancing hypothesis, and introduction of the terms distal and distancing, reflecting interaction between understanding origins of intelligent behavior, which is genetic epistemology, and the education of the child. (Author)

Paper presented at the Conference on Research in Medical Education, 79th Annual Meeting of the Association of American Medical Colleges, Houston, Texas, November 1, 1968.

Used data from the 1980 Current Population Survey to contrast married and unmarried couples living together. Profiles social and economic characteristics of couples, as well as the joint age, racial, educational, employment, and marital-status characteristics of married and unmarried partners. (Author/JAC)

Factor scores from Bayley's Infant Behavior Record (obtained from 300 to 400 infants at six, 12, 18, and 24 months) were selected to represent three aspects of infant behavior: task orientation, test affect-extraversion, and activity. Findings indicate reordering of individual differences is age-related and that the reordering sequence is somewhat…

Presents research on pubertal timing and adolescent stress to illustrate the utility of the life-span perspective. Reasons for the apparent dearth of life-span investigations are discussed, the necessity for long-term longitudinal designs is underscored as a major obstacle, and alternative strategies by which life-span research can be implemented…

Investigates the relationship between age and creativity among a sample of 271 manifestly creative women aged 23-87 years. Creativity showed no significant negative correlation with age. However, among control subjects not selected for creativity, the negative correlation between age and creativity scores was statistically significant. (Author/RH)

Data support three conclusions: (1) that notable individual differences in the interaction patterns of mothers and Down syndrome children exist, (two) that maternal directiveness and sensitivity are separable dimensions of maternal style, and (3) that individual differences in mother/child interaction patterns may be related to mental development…

Supports the hypothesis that temperamentally fussier 5- to 9-month-old infants are more fearful and less friendly toward strangers than are more easygoing infants of the same age. (MP)

Pettigrew's Category Width Scale was administered to 150 first-year psychology students in a study designed to relate a cognitive style dimension, category width, to individual preferences in information processing strategies. (Author/CM)