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- ItemOpen Access"A study of time behaviour in the neurotic"(1969) Katz, Lorna; Grover, V M; Danziger, K
- ItemOpen AccessAn investigation of the possibilities of finding adequate techniques of therapy for use in cases of stealing-behaviour in children(1953) De Kock, David Faure; Taylor, J G; Grover, V MAim: To investigate the problem of stealing-behaviour in children with a view to developing a system of therapy based on the laws of learning as presented by Clark Hull. The nature of the problem: Stealing behaviour in the child is considered to be a symptom of some underlying causal condition. Such a general statement means nothing unless it can be expanded to answer the questions: 1) How is stealing selected from the many possible responses. 2) How does liltealing become established as a response to the particular causal situation. This paper will attempt to find an answer to these questions by considering stealing cases treated at the Child Guidance Clinic of the University of Cape Town and an attempt will be made to indicate suitable methods of therapy.
- ItemOpen AccessThe auditory environment of the young child(1963) Abramovitz, Arnold; Grover, V MThe basic aim of this study is to explore the nature and development of the child's ability to perceive, understand and interpret auditory stimuli from which ordinary linguistic cues have been eliminated or in which they have been severely reduced. The term "non-linguistic" as it will be used here needs clarification. It refers to the use of any acoustic material except the conventional vocal symbols of everyday speech. Thus, it does not exclude human vocalizations as such, but only those which carry the semantic content of the language of the individual or subject. Confusion is possible over this issue because of the wide definition of language currently held. Thus the first definition supplied by English and English (1958) is "any form of intercommunicative behaviour, verbal or non-verbal". To demarcate our area of interest more precisely it is necessary to attempt an a priori classification of the total acoustic environment of an individual of a given language and culture.
- ItemOpen AccessThe development of a sense of identity during the adolescent period(1972) Short, Ann Margaret; Grover, V M; Abramovitz, ArnoldThis study was motivated by an interest in young people which stemmed from working with ordinary high school pupils and not from the academic study of adolescent psychology. In order to find a suitable subject for research I turned to those books which were likely to give a cross-section of the literature in the field, for example, the survey provided by Gottlieb & Reeves (1963) and various books of 'readings' (Seidman, 1953; Bier, 1963; Mussen,,Conger & Kagan, 1965; Grinder, 1969; Gold & Douvan, 1969). This created an impression of a large number of narrow, insulated empirical studies pragmatically ordered according to various dominant 'themes' (e.g., physical and cognitive development, family and peer relations, values, problems, interests) and relatively few isolated 'theoretical' articles. Few of the empirical studies were grounded in theory or attempted to relate their findings to any theoretical framework, while most of the theoretical articles seemed, to be speculative. The empirical research concerning the development of a self-concept during adolescence aroused my interest but much of it also lacked a theoretical framework. It was then suggested that Erik Erikson's theory of identity formation in adolescence might provide a more comprehensive and coherent framework for an empirical investigation.
- ItemOpen AccessAn investigation of the reliability and validity of the Grover developmental charts for very young children(1978) Plaut, Janet Mary Harriet Loy; Grover, V MA study of the reliability and validity of the Grover Developmental Charts for very young children between 10 and 36 months was carried out. A total of 108 white, English speaking children of both sexes, were selected from crèches and private homes in the Cape Peninsula. The subjects were tested on the Grover Developmental charts and then retested on them between five and seven days later, to establish test-retest reliability. At the same time as the subjects were retested on the Grover Developmental Charts, the Denver Developmental Screening Test was administered as the criterion test. Tester-observer reliability was established on 21 children. The Grover Developmental Charts were examined for validity in terms of face validity; criterion related validity; concurrent rather than predictive validity; and construct validity a reflected in age differentiation; correlations with another test; factor analysis and internal consistency. Results are discussed and indicate that the Grover Developmental Charts have excellent test-retest reliability and are valid in terms of the criteria by which they were examined.
- ItemOpen Access"Lack of concentration" : a clinical investigation among school children(1960) Jowell, Ruth; Grover, V MThe problem arose in the setting of the Child Guidance Clinic of the University of Cape Town where children were from time to time referred for "Lack of Concentration". It soon became evident that "lack of concentration" was an extremely vague, descriptive term used to cover a variety of conditions. The parent and teacher were able to state that the child could not concentrate, but they had little knowledge of what was actually lacking in the child. The Clinic did not have at its disposal: (1) a precise measuring instrument for assessing the child's level of concentration; (2) a definite training programme in which the child could participate; (3) methods of assessing the main factors associated with lack of concentration. As a result only rather general advice could be given to parents whose children were referred for this problem. Thus, it was obvious that, despite the importance of this problem particularly in the field of education, there was little real understanding of it, and research in this very extensive field seemed to be indeed opportune. The main purpose of the present study is to arrive at a clearer understanding of the term 'Lack of Concentration' for the clinical psychologist. This implies : (1) defining concentration and accounting for its lack in the group of children studied; (2) showing the inter-relationships and links between concentration and other variables; (3) a) devising tests of concentration b) formulating a training procedure with the object of developing concentration c) devising a set of alternate tests to assess the effectiveness of tbe training programme; (4) evaluating the present status of the problem and emphasizing the need for further research and investigation.
- ItemOpen AccessLanguage and logical thinking structures in the normally hearing and deaf(1970) Millar, Daphne Elizabeth; Grover, V MThe performance of twelve deaf subjects with an extremely poor comprehension of language and control over language structure, was compared with that of a normally hearing control group on four tasks of formal thinking. Six deaf subjects performed at the formal operational level on at least one task, supporting the hypothesis that formal thinking can develop to its primary formation in the severely linguistically deprived. The implications of the findings for certain cognitive theories and for educational practice are presented.
- ItemOpen Accessn Vergelykende studie tussen gedragsafwykende kleurlingseuns in 'n nywerheidskool en kleurlingseuns in 'n gewone skool(1963) Carstens, Jacobus Christiaan; Grover, V M