The results of this study indicated that both males and females were more stereotypic in describing an opposite-sex ideal person than a same-sex ideal person. Further, the results reflected an increased endorsement of socially desirable traits with increased age of the respondents (7th graders, 12th graders, and adults). (JMB)

Elementary school students and adults were presented with a paired comparison task of visual complexity in which contour and presence or absence of structure in the patterns were manipulated. Results indicated that complexity judgments of all subjects were affected by the presence of structure at lower levels of contour. (GO)

This study investigated the importance of auditory feedback in the speech of 3- and 4-year-old preschool children and in adults. The findings indicate that auditory feedback is involved in the regulation of vocal intensity, even in children as young as 3 years. (JMB)

Seventy-two lower-class black children were given tests of grammatical contrasts and production. The results indicated that comprehension of both easy and hard contrasts in both black and standard English increased with age in a parallel fashion, but that the production of black English decreased with age. (JMB)

This study examines the perceived disruptive influence of a natural disaster on the individual, primary relational, and neighborhood ties of community residents. Results suggest the coping potential of the aged surpasses that of their younger counterparts. (Author)

A study of the effects of the Teton Dam Disaster in 1976 suggests that elderly persons cope quite well with disaster situations and tend to report fewer adverse emotional effects and feelings of relative deprivation than younger victims. (Author)

Examined the likelihood of changes in various parts of children's drawings of people when the children were asked to represent action. (Author/JMB)

Investigates whether age differences in memory span are affected by type of material, with the aim of making inferences about capacity. Subjects were 30 boys and girls from each of three elementary school grade levels (first, third and sixth). (Author/MP)

One hundred eighty children between the ages of three and eleven were questioned on how they felt about growing older, what they knew of older people, and how they interacted with people who were older than they. (Author/MJB)

The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether age differences noted when two tasks are performed concurrently can be accounted for in terms of age differences in single task baseline performance. Subjects were two groups of 12 eight-year-olds, and one group of 12 thirteen-year-olds. (CM)

Examines the kinds of information children encode and remember from complex pictures and attempts to determine whether there are developmental changes in the kinds of information processed. Subjects were first, third, and fifth grade children. (BD)

Children participating as listeners in a referential communication task with an adult speaker were asked to choose one of a set of four pictures on the basis of the speaker's message. Messages were either informative, providing enough information to choose the correct referent, or ambiguous, describing two of the four referents. (Author/JMB)

Children aged 2 1/2, 3, and 3 1/2 years who had demonstrated appropriate uses for a set of objects, were asked to perform these same actions with objects which varied in similarity in the reference object, or with no object present. (JMB)

Goal of study was comparing alcoholic beverage buying habits of University of Delaware students with those of students at other colleges. Random sample of 639 was drawn from 13,000 undergraduates and interviews conducted. Drinking at Delaware was similar to that at other schools. Seniors spent significantly more on alcohol than freshmen. (Author)

A sample of 176 students in grades 2-12 were tested for visual acuity as a function of minimally resolvable red, yellow, green, and blue lines. (Author/JMB)