First published in 1986, this authoritative book contains a selection of original, research based, reports of studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand in the field of Child Development.

Contributors. Preface. Section 1: Cognitive Issues in Development 1. The Effects of Prenatal and Postnatal Twin Environments on Development 2. Cognitive Functioning of Children Born with Very Low Birth Weight 3. Search for Sounding Objects by One-Year-Old Infants 4. Failure on Piagetian Tasks: Misinterpretation of the Question? 5. The Effect of Context on the Memory Performance of Children 6. Children's Collaboration and Conflict in Dyadic Problem Solving 7. Scholastic Ability in Left-Handers 8. Adolescents' Organisational Strategies for Planning Errands Section 2: Language and Reading Development 9. On Children's Comprehension of Metaphor 10. Children's Understanding of Ironic Utterances 11. Phonological Awareness and Learning to Read 12. Syntactic Processing in Children Varying in Reading Skill Profile 13. Do Twins and Singletons Have Similar Language and Reading Problems? Section 3: Perceptual Motor Development 14. Development of Perceptual Motor Abilities in Children from 5 Years to Adults 15. Perceptual Motor Development in Children's Drawing Skill 16. Vestibular-Postural and Oculomotor Control Problems in Learning Disabled Children Section 4: Social Aspects of Development 17. Daycare, Rules and the Heteronomy Construct 18. Reflection-Impulsivity and Delay of Gratification Choice 19. Parental Attitudes to Early Childhood Care 20. Parents' Satisfaction with Progress and Beliefs About Stability of Traits 21. 'Difficult' and 'Easy' Periods for Young Siblings of Disabled People 22. Social Distance and Life Goals as Bases for Intergenerational Perceptions.