Visual, name and conceptual encoding of pictures were studied using a recognition memory task in which 4-, 8-, and 16-year-olds quickly decided whether or not pictures were identical to remembered study pictures. (SB)

In a study of charitable behavior, 187 kindergarten through sixth grade Caucasian boys and girls were given the opportunity to share candy with children (1) described as similar to them, (2) with children described as dissimilar and needy, or (3) with both. (BD)

One hundred sixteen second grade children participated in a study of the relationship of field dependence to egocentrism and conservation ability. (BD)

This paper reports the findings of three studies aimed at further investigating the development of water level representation in elementary school age children as related to field independence. (SB)

Assesses three papers in this volume, those by Wellman and Estes, Olson and Torrance, and Hall and Nagy, for their treatment of the following: (1) definition of semantic space, (2) defining children's processes of understanding that space, and (3) describing the contexts in which cognitive language is used. (AEW)

A path model of genetic and family environmental transmission was fitted to published twin correlations and to general cognitive ability data from adoptive and nonadoptive families in which children were tested yearly through the fourth year. Longitudinal genetic correlations from infancy to adulthood were modeled explicitly, as were effects of…

The possible cognitive consequences of learning to read are explored. The conditions of learning, it is argued, combine with the degree of technical mastery to affect thinking powers and conceptions of language, learning, and authority. (Author/MT)

The synectics model is an exciting strategy for development of thinking skills for gifted and creative children. The three-phase strategy teaches about direct analogy, personal analogy, and symbolic analogy. (CB)

Contending that mathematical representation sustains a resemblance to the representational activity preceeding it and that it is this analogical resemblance that makes the developmental sequence of children's representational ability visible as a sequence, this paper explores the application of this notion to an undergraduate class in early…

An Inventory of Piaget's Developmental Tasks was used to assess attainment of five Piagetian tasks of elementary and secondary-level teacher candidates and of general population college students. Results were compared and are discussed. Recommendations to promote cognitive maturity are presented. (Author/MT)

Discusses adaptive cognitive changes in adulthood from perspectives of adult cognitive development and social cognition theory. Proposes interface between the two disciplines. Applies post-formal literature on cognitive development to area of attributional processes. Discusses implications changes in attributional processes may have for cognitive…

Presents the idea that playwrites adapting plays for children often simplify it so extensively that they do not serve the developmental needs of the child or the artistic conception of the play. Suggests that developing a thematic point of view for the play would help playwrites create fuller characters that are still understandable and enjoyable…

The study compared the conservation abilities of 80 prelingually deaf and 80 hearing students (ages 9-12) in the Republic of China. Results indicated a significant difference in conservation ability between groups favoring the hearing students and no significant difference in conservation ability between age levels for the deaf group. (DB)

Argues that one way to investigate the relationship of text to story taker (reader or listener) is to compare how the writer has made the story to how the story taker has recreated the story. Indicates a resonance between the story taker's retelling and the original text. (RAE)

Although most males with a 49,XXXXY karyotype will have significant mental retardation, the case of an affected boy having mild-cognitive and motor delays and age-appropriate adaptive skills at 59 months is presented. Guarded optimism may be justified in affected males demonstrating close to or age-appropriate developmental skills through early…