Front Cover; International Review of Research in Mental Retardation, Volume 8; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Contents of Previous Volumes; Chapter 1. Self-Injurious Behavior; I. Introduction; II. Theoretical Accounts of Self-Injurious Behavior; III. Modification of Self-Injurious Behavior; IV. Summary and Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Toward a Relative Psychology of Mental Retardation, with Special Emphasis on Evolution; I. Evolutionary Psychology; II. Mental Retardation Viewed as a Thinking Disability

III. A Framework for a Relative Psychology of Mental RetardationIV. Summing Up; References; Chapter 3. The Role of the Social Agent in Language Acquisition: Implications for Language Intervention; I. Introduction; II. Interactional Strategies Associated with Language Development; III . Implications of the Role of the Social Agent for Language Intervention; References; Chapter 4. Cognitive Theory and Mental Development; I. Introduction; II. Recent Developments in Experimental Psychology; III. Explanation by Complete Specification of Unobservables; IV. Individual Difference Tests

V. Cognitive InstructionVI. Postscript; References; Chapter 5. A Decade of Experimental Research in Mental Retardation in India; I. Introduction; II. Research; III. An Overview; IV. Conclusion; References; Chapter 6. The Conditioning of Skeletal and Autonomic Responses: Normal-Retardate Stimulus Trace Differences; I. Introduction; II. Retardation and the Stimulus Trace Concept; III. Stimulus Trace Decay in Classical Conditioning: Background; IV. Methodological Considerations; V. Trace-Delay Conditioning Studies; VI. Summary and Conclusions; References

Chapter 7. Malnutrition and Cognitive FunctioningI. Introduction; II. Protein-Calorie Malnutrition (PCM) and Mental Development; III. The Orissa Study; IV. Summary; References; Chapter 8. Research on Efficacy of Special Education for the Mentally Retarded; I. Introduction; II. Research Review; III. An Analysis of the Experimental Control of Variables in Efficacy Research; IV. The Future of Efficacy Research in Special Education; References; Subject Index