Problem Solving

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Age, memory load, and individual differences in working memory as determinants of class-inclusion reasoning.

We studied the effects of individual differences in speak-span scores and variations in memory demands on the class-inclusion performance of 10-, 13-, and 15-year-old children. The speak-span task was an age-appropriate modification of Daneman and ...
F Michael Rabinowitz, Mark L Howe, Kelly Saunders (J Exp Child Psychol, 200202)
age-memory-load-individual-differences-working-memory-determinants.asp

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Singular or plural? Childrens knowledge of the factors that determine the appropriate form of count nouns.

Two experiments investigated the factors that govern childrens use of singular and plural forms of count nouns. Experiment 1 used an elicited production task to investigate whether children use referential and/or syntactic information to determine the ...
Krag S Ferenz, Sandeep Prasada (J Child Lang, 200202)
singular-or-plural-children-s-knowledge-factors-determine-appropriate.asp

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Cognitive response repertoires to child noncompliance by mothers of aggressive boys.

Cognitive response repertoires to videotaped child noncompliance episodes were examined in mothers of aggressive (MAs) and nonaggressive 4-6-year-old boys. Mothers provided open-ended solutions to three subtypes of child noncompliance under conditions of ...
Theodore P Beauchaine, Zvi Strassberg, Michelle R Kees, Deborah A G Drabick (J Abnorm Child Psychol, 200202)
cognitive-response-repertoires-child-noncompliance-mothers-aggressive.asp

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Dissociation between performance on abstract tests of executive function and problem solving in real-life-type situations in normal aging.

This study examined the effects of normal aging on real-life-type problem-solving performance, using problems that had previously been found to be sensitive to lesions involving the frontal lobes. Executive skills assessed on abstract neuropsychological ...
S Crawford, S Channon (Aging Ment Health, 200202)
dissociation-performance-abstract-tests-executive-function-problem.asp

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Adolescent perceptions of relevant social problems.

PROBLEM: Social problems can be a significant stressor for adolescents. Disturbed youth often experience negative outcomes to social problems, solve problems poorly, and display distortions in reasoning about social problems. METHODS: A series of focus ...
Elizabeth Erwin (J Child Adolesc Psychiatr Nurs, 200201-03)
adolescent-perceptions-relevant-social-problems.asp

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Charting a course toward legible medical records. Perfect paperwork can mean financial savings, better patient care.

Short of going fully electronic, there are various ways to clean up your medical record system to make it more efficient and less time-consuming. Check out how some experienced physician executives are dealing with this perennial ...
David O Weber (Physician Exec, 200201-02)
charting-course-toward-legible-medical-records-perfect-paperwork-mean.asp

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Urban African American adolescents perceptions of community violence.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate appraisal processes and coping strategies initiated by urban adolescents relative to violence exposure. METHODS: Thirty-seven African American youth completed semistructured interviews, including assessment of means-ends ...
Donna E Howard, Linda Kaljee, Lawanda Jackson (Am J Health Behav, 200201-02)
urban-african-american-adolescents-perceptions-community-violence.asp

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Correlates of remission in primary care patients treated for minor depression.

As minor depression is perhaps the most common form of mood disorder seen in primary care, we sought to explore the effects of both pharmacologic and psychosocial interventions for primary care patients with this condition. Three hundred and eighteen ...
Ellen Frank, Paola Rucci, Wayne Katon, James Barrett, John W Williams, Thomas Oxman, Mark Sullivan, John Cornell (Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 200201-02)
correlates-remission-primary-care-patients-treated-minor-depression.asp

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The gift of employee dissatisfaction.

Through an employee survey administered at Kaweah Delta Health Care District (KDHCD) in Visalia, Calif., several sources of dissatisfaction were noted, including communication, equipment, staffing and rapid growth. Perceiving no real movement toward ...
Roberta M Edge (Radiol Manage, 200201-02)
gift-employee-dissatisfaction.asp

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Predictors of initiation of early sex in black and white adolescent females.

This study examined the extent to which problem solving, self-image, and other health-related factors predict age at first intercourse among Black and White adolescent females. The volunteer sample was 16 to 19 years old; 52% were Black (n=105), and 48% ...
Gwen M Felton, Monina Bartoces (Public Health Nurs, 200201-02)
predictors-initiation-early-sex-black-white-adolescent-females.asp