Publications:

Books

Ault, R. L. (1983). Children's cognitive development: Piaget's theory and the process approach (2nd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Ault, R. L. (Ed.) (1980). Developmental perspectives. Santa Monica, CA: Goodyear.

Ault, R. L., & Vinsel, A. Piaget's theory of cognitive development. (Chapter 1 in the above)

Journals   (student co-authors in red)

Ault, R. L., & Vogler, R. E. (1969). Discriminative and reinforcing functions of four verbal stimuli. Psychological Reports, 24, 555-562.

Vogler, R. E., & Ault, R. L. (1969). Problem-solving motivation in verbal conditioning studies. The Journal of Psychology, 71, 191-197.

Zelniker, T., Jeffrey, W. E., Ault, R., & Parsons, J. (1972). Analysis and modification of search strategies of impulsive and reflective children on the Matching Familiar Figures Test. Child Development, 43, 321-335.

Ault, R. L., Crawford, D. E., & Jeffrey, W. E. (1972). Visual scanning strategies of reflective, impulsive, fast-accurate, and slow-inaccurate children on the Matching Familiar Figures Test. Child Development, 43, 1412-1417.

Ault, R. L. (1973). Problem-solving strategies of reflective, impulsive, fast-accurate, and slow-inaccurate children. Child Development, 44, 259-266.

Ault, R. L., Mitchell, C., & Hartmann, D. P. (1976). Some methodological problems in reflection-impulsivity research. Child Development, 47, 227-231.

Ault, R. L., Cromer, C. C., & Mitchell, C. (1977). The Boehm Test of Basic Concepts: A three-dimensional version. Journal of Educational Research, 70, 186-188.

Ault, R. L. (1977). A hyperactive presentation of hyperactivity [Review of Hyperactive Children: Diagnosis and management]. Contemporary Psychology, 22, 399-401.

Mitchell, C., & Ault, R. L. (1977). The relationship of some problem solving variables to cognitive tempo. Salt Lake City: University of Utah, Department of Psychology. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 140 958)

Mitchell, C., & Ault, R. L. (1979). Reflection-impulsivity and the evaluation process. Child Development, 50, 1043-1049.

Cromer, C. C., & Ault, R. L. (1979). Generalization in the receptive and productive language of preschool children. Journal of Educational Research, 73, 31-36.

Watson, B. A., & Ault, R. L. (1984). So you think you've got troubles? College students' referrals for friends with personal problems. Davidson, NC: Davidson College, Department of Psychology. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 237 827)

Ault, R. L. (1986). No progress [Review of Cognitive learning and memory in children: Progess in cognitive development research]. Contemporary Psychology, 31, 369-370.

Ault, R. L. (1989). Choices in human development textbooks. [Review of Child development, Human development, & Child development: An introduction]. Contemporary Psychology, 34, 361-362.

Ault, R. L. (1989, December). Memory failure. SWSRHD Newsletter, p.2.

Ault, R. L. (1991). What goes where? An activity to teach the organization of journal articles. Teaching of Psychology, 18, 45-46. Reprinted in M. E. Ware and
C. L. Brewer (Eds.) (1999). Handbook for teaching statistics and research methods (2nd ed., pp. 230-231). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ault, R. L. (1991). [Review of Knowing and remembering in young children]. Child Development Abstracts & Bibliography, 65(3), 96-97.

Ault, R. L. (1993). To waive or not to waive? Students' misconceptions about the confidentiality choice for letters of recommendation. Teaching of Psychology, 20, 44-45.

Ault, R. L. (1999). Introduction to the special section on adult development and aging. Teaching of Psychology, 26, 48.

Kleinman, J., Marciano, P. L., & Ault, R. L. (2001). Advanced theory of mind in high-functioning adults with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 31, 29-36.

Ault, R. L., & Multhaup, K. M. (2003). An issues-oriented capstone course. Teaching of Psychology, 30, 46-48.

Ault, R. L. (2005). Heinz Werner’s academic family reunion. [Review of the book Heinz Werner and developmental science]. PsycCRITIQUES—Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books, 50 (28), Article 14.

Ault, R. L. (in press). A unique but idiosyncratic behavioral systems look at development. [Review of the book Child and adolescent development: A behavioral systems approach].Contemporary Psychology: APA Review of Books.

Ault, R. L., (in press). Four desirable qualities for teaching at a small liberal arts college. In B. Buskist & B. Beins (Eds.), Preparing the new psychology professoriate: Helping graduate students become competent teacher.

Other Publications

Fahrmeier, E. D., Ault, R. L., Bagarozzi, D. A., Faw, T. T., & Garrett, A. M. (1979). Instructor's manual to accompany Hetherington/Parke: Child psychology: A contemporary viewpoint. New York: McGraw-Hill.