This article attempts to provide the reader with a frame of reference for exploring the expanse of literature on Piagetian theory. (HMD)

Kohlberg's system of moral judgment development has some important links with Piaget's work on moral judgment. The ways in which Kohlberg extends or departs from Piaget's system of moral growth are examined. (Editor/RK)

Article introduced research on the human brain with a review of the actual history of the brain as an organ of the body. (Author/RK)

Author outlined the characteristics of the right hemisphere of the brain and compared them to those of the left hemisphere. (RK)

A brief discussion of children's perceptions of animate and inanimate objects. It is suggested that studies on child animism must consider the child's criteria used in the classification of animate objects, as well as those used for inanimate objects. (Author/ED)

Study supported in part by Public Health Service Research Grant MH-07506, and based on a doctoral dissertation completed at Yeshiva University (Lowenherz, 1966).

The authors offer a detailed and systematic critique of Piaget's theory of cognitive development, examining it in relation to other theories of development. Chapter 1 points out some of the problems in building and evaluating scientific theories and considers contrasting approaches to cognitive development (including those which focus on…

THE BROAD PURPOSE OF THIS PROJECT WAS TO TEST EMPIRICALLY THE STRUCTURE OF THE HANDBOOK "TAXONOMY OF EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES 1--COGNITIVE DOMAIN." IT WAS NECESSARY TO CONSTRUCT FOUR FORMS OF A TAXONOMY-TYPE TEST SINCE NONE WAS AVAILABLE. THE PHENOMENA WHICH ARE CLASSIFIED BY THE "TAXONOMY" ARE THE RESPONSES (BEHAVIORS) WHICH…

This study replicated a study by Mehler and Bever (1967) which had reported conservation observed in very young children between 2 years 4 months and 2 years 7 months old. Both Piaget (1968) and Bielen (1968) criticized the Mehler-Bever finding, claiming that true conservation had not been demonstrated. The investigator in the present study sought…

It has been found that an information-processing analysis of latencies collected in an immediate sentence recall task using children with median age 4 years 4 months favors a serial processing mechanism. This mechanism consists of three major parts: (1) The detection of a clausal boundary, (2) the assessment of whether or not the observed…

The Professional Development Seminar (PDS), an adjunct to the freshman Orientation to Education class at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, was a conscious attempt to develop a more positive feeling of self-worth in students enrolled in their first professional development education course. PDS provides a small group, student-oriented,…

This study examined the developmental differences in preschoolers' recognition memory while evaluating the effects of experimenter-provided labels and assessing spontaneous production of verbal mediators by preschool children. (JMB)

Asserting that play encourages development of the cognitive map, this article describes the development of a cognitive map and explores the function of play in that development. (JC)