Table of Contents -- The Development of Instrumental Competence through Socialization -- A View of Birds -- Cross-Cultural Studies of Teaching Styles in Four-Year-Olds and Their Mothers -- The Development of Attention in Children -- An Information-Processing Approach to the Study of Cognitive Development -- Independent Behavior of the Human Infant -- List of Contributors -- Index -- A -- C -- D -- E -- F -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S.