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ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT A N D BEHAVIOR VOLUME 8 Contributors to This Volume Joan H. Cantor Carol 0. Eckerman Robert C. Hulsebus L. Charles Lemond G. Mitchell Jum C. Nunnally Harriet L. Rheingold William D. Rohwer, Jr. L. Schroers Charles C. Spiker ADVANCES IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND BEHAVIOR edited by Hayne W. Reese Department of Psychology West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia VOLUME 8 @) 1973 ACADEMIC PRESS New York London A Subsidiary of Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Publishers COPYRIGHT 0 1973, BY ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO PART OF THIS PUBLICATION MAY BE REPRODUCED OR TRANSMITTED IN ANY FORM OR BY A N Y MEANS, ELECTRONIC OR MECHANICAL, INCLUDING PHOTOCOPY, RECORDING, OR ANY INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL SYSTEM, WITHOUT PERMISSION IN WRITING FROM THE PUBLISHER. ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. 111 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10003 United Kingdom Edition published by ACADEMIC PRESS, INC. (LONDON) LTD. 24/28 Oval Road, London NWI LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOG CARD NUMBER:63-23237 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Contents LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii PREFACE........................................................... ix CONTENTS OF PREVIOUS VOLUMES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi Elaboration and Learning in Childhood and Adolescence . WILLIAM D R O W E R . JR. . Introduction I I1. I11. IV V. VI VII . VIII . . . ................................................... A Guiding Conception .......................................... Prompt Types and Research Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conditions for Elaboration ...................................... Prompt Properties and Retrieval .................................. Prompt Types and Developmental Level ........................... The Generality of Prompt Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Conclusion .................................................... References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 10 13 26 31 44 52 54 Exploratory Behavior and Human Development . JUM C . NUNNALLY AND L CHARLES LEMOND I. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I1. Exploratory Behavior in Relation to Psychological Science . . . . . . . . . . . . 111. IV . V VI . . Theoretical Positions Regarding Exploratory Behavior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Visual Investigation: Methods. Issues. and Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Implications for Developmental Psychology ........................ Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . References .................................................... 60 60 66 75 98 104 106 Operant Conditioning of Infant Behavior: A Review . ROBERT C HULSEBUS . Introduction ................................................... . Historical Overview ............................................ . Experimental Procedures ....................
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