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There is an almost insatiable hunger for Western products. A cheap synthetic turtleneck that sells for $3.50 in Munich fetches $30 in East Germany's flourishing black market; a $1.85 box of colored pencils commands...
Carrying their studies further, the Munich researchers observed two groups in nine color-coordinated rooms. During the same period, a separate control group played in a conventional kindergarten. After six months, the experimental groups, who had played in "beautifully" colored rooms with "beautifully" colored building blocks, had outstripped the controls by an average of 15 IQ points, even though the children in the control group had started out with slightly higher intelligence scores. After 18 months the experimental group was 25 points ahead...
...Munich group also explored the influence that the size of a room had on child development. The children tested by the psychologists expressed a strong preference for play areas much larger than anyone had expected, and 90% were not completely satisfied until they were allowed at least 77 sq. yds. each. As a result, the Munich institute has developed its minimum playspace requirements; it now recommends space ranging from 3.6 sq. yds. for infants under two years to 24 sq. yds. for those between seven and nine. In smaller spaces children's mental performance and social behavior deteriorate...
Primary Instinct. One other conclusion of the Munich group is that children prefer ceilings less than 7 ft. high. "It's almost a primary instinct," explains Ertel. "They want to explore their environment through touching. In the kindergarten experiment, the first thing the children did every morning was pile up the blocks so that they could climb up and reach the ceiling...
...more accurate title might have been "Cheap Shots of Eight." These impressions of the 1972 Olympic Games have almost nothing of value to say either about the Munich spectacle or about athletics in general. What the film does do is bring together in one handy package most of the reigning clichés of contemporary film making. As such, it should be must viewing at every film school in the world; elsewhere it may be enjoyably and profitably avoided...