Language Development and Intelligence in Preschoolers A.Razavi, Ph.D. S. Haghighat, Ph.D. T. Vaa’ezi Although almost all theoretical perspectives on language development maintain that a relationship of sorts exists between language and general concept of intelligence, the present research looked at this relationship among a random sample of Neyshaaboori preschoolers (4...

trichoderma is a genus of asexually reproducing fungi that is present in all types of soils. trichoderma species have been recognized as antagonists of soil-borne and foliage pathogens and as efficient decomposers of cellulosic waste materials. moreover, they have the ability to increase plant growth and induce plant resistance. along with mycoparasitism, antibiotics and competition, induced re...

background: breakfast is the most important daily meal, but neglected more than other meals by children and adolescents. the aim of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an educational intervention, based on the theory of reasoned action (tra) to increase breakfast consumption among school children in bandar abbas, iran. methods: in this quasi experimental study which was conducted in...

The current longitudinal study examined the consequences of spouses' tendencies to forgive their partners over the first 2 years of 72 new marriages. Though positive main effects between forgiveness and marital outcomes emerged cross-sectionally, spouses' tendencies to forgive their partners interacted with the frequency of those partners' negative verbal behaviors to predict changes in marital...

This paper is a reply to an accompanying set of six commentaries by Sidman; Hayes and Barnes; Schusterman, Kastak, and Reichmuth; Tonneau and Sokolowski; Lowenkron; and Moerk. Those commentaries were prompted by our article ‘‘On the Origins of Naming and Other Symbolic Behavior’’ (1996), which was, in turn, followed by 26 commentaries and a reply. In the course of the present reply, we further ...