Hammond's Cognitive Continuum theory posits that certain task features induce distinct processing modes (e.g., intuitive or analytic) and thus result in qualitatively different decision performance. Although the theory suggests the relation between task features and performance characteristics a priori, the validity of these predictions requires…

This study attempted to establish in a general way whether children's perceptions of the performance of student teachers warrented some attention and to try out one form of converting children's perceptions into an analysable form. (Author/RK)

Two experiments study the effects of age and sex on the ability of 3-1/2- to 6-year-old children to use nonverbal cues in identifying affiliative relationships. (SDH)

Two experiments are reported investigating the effects of immediate recall upon subsequent recall and recognition of list items and examining the relation between positive and negative recency effects. (Author/RM)

A test of cueing in relation to recall using five cueing systems in combination with three topical areas. (CH)

This paper describes a delayed response experiment which tested children's memory for the location of a hidden object. Eight boys and eight girls at each of two age levels (25 and 37 months) were assigned to each of four experimental conditions and given eight trials in a 9-choice task. On each trial the child saw the object hidden in one of nine…

Article expressed the view that the buildup and release from proactive inhibition effects in the Brown-Peterson paradigm could be interpreted in terms of the cue-overload principle. (Author/RK)

The objective of this article was to describe and discuss one possible approach to the problem of specifying properties of memory traces. (Author/RK)

Examined the effects of two levels of causality (intentional-accidental), outcome quality (good-bad), and affected object (human being-physical object) on the evaluations of acts and actors and the related response latencies. Four age groups of 128 children (5-11 years) were studied, using eight stories and two 4-point scales of good-bad and…

This investigation examined the effects of a variety of cue criterion function forms and attempted to evaluate the contribution of the factors just named, i.e., the response consistency of subjects, detection of task linearity, and the detection of task nonlinearity, to observed differences in learning. (Author/RK)

A training program, using dual trainers, was used to reduce inappropriate verbalizations and increase appropriate verbal responses of three profoundly handicapped individuals. During training, one trainer asked questions and the other trainer gave verbal prompts. The method was evaluated with three experiments: Experiment I used dual trainers with…

The study examined the development of perspective taking skills in 44 learning disabled (LD) and 44 nonLD children (9 to 12 years old). Each child was administered three tasks designed to assess the ability to judge the affective, perceptual, and cognitive perspective of others. Results indicated that LD children scored significantly lower than…

Use of contextual cues in language comprehension by hearing impaired persons is considered in two sections. The first section summarizes a study of how 21 hard of hearing children (7-12 years old) used contextual cues to identify words in sentences heard from a tape recorder. Results are explained to indicate that identification of words on the…

"Mapping" is a note-taking technique by which students use visual cues to isolate, emphasize, and group information meaningfully. Features of this technique include: organizing the note page laterally, so that general topics are on the left side and supportive information is on the right side; separating topics by horizontal lines;…