The task of dissolving infantile dependency ties to the mother and family during adolescence has been frequently cited as a major developmental task of adolescence. The role of the mother in the resolution of the rapprochement crisis as it continues into adolescence was illustrated through a case analysis of a 14-year-old boy and his mother. The…

Investigated the general relationship between children's performance on social and physical measures of cognitive functioning, possible sex differences in performance on the two types of tasks, and the relationship between boys' and girls' performances on these tasks and age and IQ. (SDH)

This brief booklet, based on interviews with Gay Munsell, a Native American child development specialist, with the National Resource Center for Youth Services at the University of Oklahoma, examines the difficulties experienced by Indian youth in confronting the problems and changes of adolescence. In urban areas, 80% of Indian youth drop out of…

Studies of the effects of parental occupation on offspring's vocational aspiration or choice have shown that family variables contribute to the development of occupational personality types. To investigate the congruence between parent and offspring Holland occupational personality type codes, and to assess the variations of this congruence across…

This monograph was written to help teachers, counselors, and parents who live and work with adolescents. It explains the psychological tasks of adolescence, separation from parents, and identity formation. Guidelines are provided for adolescent and parental development in several areas. An overview of regressive adaptation focuses on expressions…

Adult development theorists believe that the changes that occur during the adult years are predictable and age linked. Their theories explain how change is resolved by the majority of the adult population. Three persons whose research has been influential in the field of adult development during the 1970s are Erik Erikson, Daniel Levinson, and…

This paper explores the developmental changes in meaning and purpose across the life course. Thirty males and females at the developmental stages of young adulthood (16-29 years), early middle-age (30-49 years), late middle-age (50-64 years), young-old (65-74 years) and old-old (75+ years) completed the Reker and Peacock (1981) Life Attitude…

This paper presents a discussion of the importance of voluntary childlessness as a contemporary social phenomenon. The negative attitudes associated with voluntary childlessness are discussed in a brief summary of recent literature. An exploration of the methodological limitations of existing research is included which emphasizes its usefulness…

Used as an integral part of the migrant student skills system operated by the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), the mini-math skills list contains a catalog of math skills typical of the 4-6 grade range. The document presents an explanation of terminology used for MSRTS mini-math outline: areas, topics, subtopics, and skills. It…

Consultation in high school-based day care settings for adolescent parents and their children is presented as a program which emphasizes the developmental tasks of both the parents and the children within a cultural context, and the potential conflicts between the two. The role of the consultant is described in terms of his/her ability to: (1)…

SOCIAL CHANGES ARE REFLECTED IN FAMILY LIFE. IN PLANNING A PROGRAM AIMED AT IMPROVING FAMILY LIVING, IT IS IMPERATIVE TO CONSIDER THE EFFECTS OF CHANGES. FAMILIES HAVE MOVED OFF THE FARM, HAVE MOVED FROM PRODUCTION TO CONSUMPTION, HAVE SHIFTED FROM AN ECONOMY OF SCARCITY TO AN ECONOMY OF ABUNDANCE, HAVE BECOME SMALLER, WORK LESS AND LIVE BETTER,…

DEVELOPMENTAL SKILLS IMPORTANT TO READING READINESS ARE PRESENTED WITH SUGGESTIONS TO HELP TEACHERS OFFER EXPERIENCES FOR EACH CHILD ON THE BASIS OF HIS LEVEL OF SUCCESSFUL PERFORMANCE. SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHER OBSERVATION AND EVALUATION OF THE CHILD'S LEVEL OF VISUAL, MOTOR, SPEECH, AND LANGUAGE SKILLS AND PLANS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR DEVELOPMENTAL…

It was the purpose of this study to identify and to describe black developmental tasks as treated in 10 randomly-selected black junior novels and to measure the extent to which they were present in the novels. Nineteen judges rated books appearing on the judges' list of 32 black junior novels, published during the period 1962-72. From these…

To investigate developmental differences in timesharing performance, 60 boys, 20 in each of three age groups (7-, 10- and 13-year-olds), performed an auditory matching task and a tracking task alone and concurrently, the latter under two sets of instructions. Decrements produced by concurrent performance were compared for the three age groups.…