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Skinner, E. A.; Chapman, M. – Human Development, 1984
Proposes a framework which builds on theories of subjective expectations and which combines a new model of beliefs about control with a process model of intentional action. Applications to the study of control beliefs on cognitive performance are outlined. (RH)
Descriptors: Beliefs, Individual Development, Influences, Locus of Control

Hooper, Frank H.; And Others – Human Development, 1985
Assesses 180 college students at three ages (17-23, 37-43, and 61-80) to examine the relative availability of Piagetian formal reasoning concepts; the relationship of these formal reasoning performances to Horn and Cattell's psychometric theory of general fluid and crystallized intelligence; and developmental patterns among standardized…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, College Students, Factor Structure