THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF
DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY (1997,Vol.8)
Announcements
For diminishing the publication lag : Three issues per year.............. 1
The revision of editorial policy in consideration of publication.............. 2
Articles
TAKEUCHI, Yoshiaki:
The relationship between spatial abelity and gender stereotypes in fourth-, sixth, and eighth grade children.............. 3
TOMIYUSU, Hiroki:
The relationship between career decision-making self-efficacy and career decision behavior in undergraduates............. 15
TSUCHIDA, Noriaki:
Inhibitory function in elderly adults............. 26
URA, Chiaki & YATOMI, Naomi:
Smiling and laughter among the elderly : Effects of age and cognitive ability............. 34
TAKAHASHI, Nobotu:
A
DEVELOPMENTAL study of wordplay in preschool children : The Japanese game of "Shiritori"............. 42
SETO, Junko & HATANO, Etsuko:
A study of variation in the
DEVELOPMENTAL quotient (DQ) of mentally retarded preschool children............. 53
Letters to the Editor .............. 65
KUJIRAOKA, Takashi / HONGO, Kazuo / MINAMI, Hirofumi
Information .............. 72
Articles
KOBAYASHI, Masako:
Cross-cultural study of preschool and school children's responses toward the modified P-F study............. 79
SATO, Shinichi ; SHIMONAKA, Yoshiko ; NAKAZATO, Katsuharu & KAWAAI, Chieko:
A life-span
DEVELOPMENTAL study of age identity : Cohort and gender differences............. 88
MARUYAMA, Ryohei & MUTOU, Takashi:
The features of informal mathematical knowledge in childhood............. 98
ITO, Junko:
Relationship between inference of feeling and prosocial behavior in preschool children.............. 111
YUZAWA, Masamichi:
Constraints on the causal reasoning of young children : Understanding the human non-involvement principle in biology.............. 121
OIZUMI, Kyoko:
Young children's spatial ability to compensate for canges in the vertical and horizontal dimensions. ////////////............. 133
Letters to the Editor ............. 143
HIRAYAMA, Motoe / KAZUI, Miyuki
Information ............. 147
Articles
MATSUO, Koichiro:
Young children's comprehension of figurative langrage which describe emotions.............. 165
LAN, Woei-Chen & MATSUDA, Fumiko:
The temporal and spatial judgements of junior high school students.............. 176
ISHII, Kyoko:
Factors predicting a family's choice of home nursing for the aged.............. 186
KUSAKA, Shoichi ; HASEGAWA, Takako & KAZAMA, Setsuko:
Preschooler's understanding of the growth process and life of plants.............. 195
YAMAGISHI, Akiko:
A longitudinal study of internal working models from late adolescence to early adulthood.............. 206
SAITO, Mizue:
Preschooler's understanding of Japanese notation systems : In relation to naming letters.............. 218
Letters to the Editor ............. 233
ENDO, Toshihiko / AKITA, Kiyomi
Information ............. 237
