Two successive recall tasks and eight ability measures were presented to women of five age groups to investigate the changing relation between performance and ability measures at various stages of the learning process during adulthood. (MS)

Groups of middle-aged and elderly men and women were compared on three problem solving tasks, including written problems, the 20-questions procedure, and problems administered on a Heuristic Evaluation Problem Programmer. (MS)

Reports a study of the effects of school environment, sex, and age of children on social interaction. Subjects were 22 boys and 22 girls, approximate ages 5-8. Studies were peer interaction and effects of school settings (traditional, transitional, progressive, romantic) on classroom social interaction and on teacher-children interaction. (BF/JH)

Children (ages 6 to 16) judged which of two photographs of unfamiliar faces showed the same person as an inspection photograph. Recognition accuracy improved markedly between ages 6 and 10 with little change thereafter. (MS)

This study tested the hypothesis that memory for pictorial material is dependent on initial comprehension of the depicted relationships. A total of 72 second, sixth and ninth graders were compared on ability to remember cartoon pictures which did or did not contain action lines as clues to the interaction between actors. (MS)

Adult males (N=90) ages 25 to 58 were individually tested with three cognitive style measures. Error scores on the MFF (Matching Familiar Figures Test) are a better predictor of test performance than are latencies. Presented at the 84th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., 1976. (Author)

Tests were administered to learn what academic experiences might be most effective in changing negative attitudes and stereotypes about older people and influencing one's perception of one's own eventual aging as well as the aging of one's family members. Results suggest the faculty and learning environment are important. (Author)

The effect of age-related differences in the use of recall organization on the amount of recall and the properties of recall-acquisition patterns obtained in a multitrial part-whole transfer task was investigated among subjects in grades 1, 4, 7, and in college. (MS)

This exploratory study examines relative effects of individual, client, and organizational characteristics on stereotypes of the aged held by nursing home administrators. Data from 45 administrators suggest client characteristics may be more important than personal or organizational dimensions in explaining variation in perceptions of the aged.…

Explored the construction of mathematical proofs through a hidden figure task and a variant of "Mastermind" game with children ages 7-12 years old. Older children were better able to distinguish necessary moves and to recognize sufficient evidence. Modifying the original hidden figure task to reduce its information-processing demands improved…

Explores young people's knowledge of influences that affect their career development and examines differences between gender and school-age group. Used focus group interviews to gather information from participants (N=55, ages 3 to 18 years). Results indicate that gender differences influence career development and that such differences varied…

A study of 8,422 child maltreatment cases involving Army families found the overall rate of child maltreatment was lower than in the general population and rates of neglect were markedly lower. Younger children and children with lower ranking sponsors were at greatest risk for major physical abuse and neglect. (Author/CR)

Presents a conceptual and empirical framework for examining the developmental changes that romantic relationships undergo over the course of adolescence. Describes several empirical studies that have examined age differences and delineates an agenda for subsequent developmental work. (JPB)

Psychological and biological reasoning are intertwined yet differentiated in preschoolers' understandings of bodily processes and events. Three studies suggest that preschoolers distinguish biological phenomena from psychological ones in their causal reasoning, although their reasoning about biological phenomena is sometimes influenced by…

This study investigated the relationship of the graphemic features of words to reading comprehension in students ages 6-12 who completed reading/decoding and reading comprehension testing. The relationship between word recognition and comprehension was high but dropped slightly for older children. (SM)