Whether young children understand that others may hold false beliefs is a hotly debated topic in psychology and neuroscience. Much evidence suggests that children do not pass this milestone in their understanding of other people until the age of 5 years. Other evidence suggests that they understand already in their second year. This study proposes a novel account of the logic of conversations a...

In this lecture, we propose to survey several interesting recent developments on improvements and generalizations of what is popularly known as Steffensen’s integral inequality. Moreover, as a by-product of the investigation presented here, we show how one can correct an error in a recent generalization of Steffensen’s inequality. We also present a brief survey of some old and new inequalities ...

Although it is easy to assume that the psychology of parental care pertains only to parents and their children, this is not so. An emerging body of research on the parental care motivational system reveals implications for everyone. All normally-developing human beings are characterized by evolved psychological mechanisms that regulate parental caregiving. These mechanisms are responsive to sup...

Abstract: This chapter traces the development of my thinking on the nature of human intelligence, from my early childhood experiences in special education to my scientific investigations of the boundary conditions of general cognitive ability, to the formulation of my Dual-Process Theory and Theory of Personal Intelligence, to my encounter with positive psychology. This chapter is a call to shi...

The use of color in the interior has a very important role. Color is basic element an space design. right will be able to motivate or even reduce human psychological condition. Especially if health clinic been identified by small child with something scary, because it often associated needles, blood and disease. Prodia Children’s Health Care as service provider field specializing services young...

We investigated a test of strategic reasoning (the Windows task) that in different studies has yielded contrasting pictures of young children’s executive abilities [Russell, J., Mauthner, N., Sharpe, S., & Tidswell, T. (1991). The “windows task” as a measure of strategic deception in preschoolers and autistic subjects.British Journal ofDevelopmental Psychology, 9, 331–349; Samuels, M. C., Brook...

This article addresses the practical validity of self-instruction training as an intervention for severely handicapped children. Three issues are addressed: (I) the development of verbal strategics that are adaptable to children with knowledge deficits, (2) the effects of generalization training, and (3) the role of self-talk (verbalization) in self-instruction. Four studies that address these ...

This issue of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology (JPP) includes articles submitted for a special issue on “Longitudinal Research in Pediatric Psychology.” In the Call for Papers, we sought empirically oriented manuscripts that employed longitudinal designs and theoretical, methodological, or statistical papers relevant to longitudinal research. Examples of potential topics were provided in the...