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Hughes, Claire; Ensor, Rosie – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2007
Background: Exposure to harsh parenting and children's skills in "Theory of Mind" (ToM) show independent and interacting associations with problem behaviors at age 2 (Hughes & Ensor, 2006). This study examined whether these age-2 measures also predict age-4 problem behaviors. Method: In a socially diverse sample (N = 120), multi-informant,…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Family Characteristics, Child Rearing, Verbal Ability
Kreitlow, Burton W. – 1970
In this study designed to generate hypotheses concerning adult learning, cognitive processes, and the reeducation of disadvantaged adults, the phenomena of concept attainment, symbol manipulation, verbal behavior, differential instruction, and awareness levels were investigated. Attention focus (cognitive style) in the concept attainment process…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Attention Span, Bibliographies
de Angeli, Gerard – 1972
Certain aspects of the performance of adults on verbal reasoning tasks were studied. The four main objectives of the study were: to develop a self-instructional booklet for use in teaching adults the functional rules of classification; to construct a reliable instrument for use in assessing the capability of adults to perform verbal classification…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age, Autoinstructional Aids, Classification