Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Volume 7 was first published in 1973.This volume continues the series of publications based on material from the papers given at the annual Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology which are sponsored by the Institute of Child Development at the University of Minnesota. The chapters in this book are based on six papers given at the 1972 symposium. Anne D. Pick, the volume editor, who is Professor Emerita at the Institute of Child Development, provides an introduction.The contents: "The Development of Instrumental Competence through Socialization" by Diana Baumrind, Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley; "A View of Birds" by C. G. Beer, Institute of Animal Behavior, Rutgers University; "Cross-Cultural Studies of Teaching Styles in Four-Year-Olds and Their Mothers" by Norma A. Feshbach, School of Education, University of California, Los Angeles; "The Development of Attention in Children" by John W. Hagen, Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, and Gordon H. Hale, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey; "An Information-Processing Approach to the Study of Cognitive Development" by David Klahr, Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie-Mellon University; "Independent Behavior of the Human Infant" by Harriet L. Rheingold, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina.