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Peer reviewedGunderson, Virginia M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Study looks at pigtailed macaque in the context of visual recognition problems adapted from a standardized test developed for use with human infants. Results demonstrate that the low-risk group easily differentiated novel from previously seen targets; the high-risk group gave no evidence of recognition. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Failure to Thrive, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedJohnson, Genevieve; And Others – Canadian Journal of Special Education, 1991
This study comparing three theoretical orientations of educational failure found that predictors based on child deficit assumptions were least able to discriminate among low, average, and high teacher recommendations; those based on environment deficit assumptions were more able; and those based on ecological assumptions were most able. All…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Ecological Factors, Educational Environment
Clark, Richard E.; Voogel, Alexander – Educational Communication and Technology, 1985
Presents evidence to establish that instructional technology applications often result in transfer of training failures, which are attributed to inappropriate mixing of behaviorist and cognitive instructional design models. Specific suggestions are made for instructional design prescriptions that support different levels of transfer for different…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Educational Technology, Failure, Individual Differences
PDF pending restorationHull, Jay G.; And Others – 1983
According to a recent model of alcohol use (Hull, 1981), individuals moderate their sensitivity to the implications of success and failure by drinking following personal failure to reduce self-consciousness and not drinking following success to remain self-conscious. To test the hypothesis that adolescent alcohol consumption would be a joint…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alcoholic Beverages, Drinking, Failure
Dweck, Carol S. – 2000
Based on extensive research with children and young adults, this book examines adaptive and maladaptive cognitive-motivational patterns and shows how these patterns originate in people's self theories; their consequences for one's achievement, social relationships, and emotional well-being; their consequences for society; and the experiences that…
Descriptors: Achievement, Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedKerr, Mia A.; Black, Maureen M.; Krishnakumar, Ambika – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2000
A cumulative risk model was used to examine the relationship among failure-to-thrive (FIT), maltreatment, and four aspects of children's development (cognitive performance, adaptive functioning at school, classroom behavior, and behavior at home) in 193 6-year-olds. Risk status was negatively associated with the four developmental outcomes.…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), At Risk Persons, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse
Peer reviewedLittle, A. W. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
Examines explanations used by children (ages five-14) to explain academic success and failure; frequency of their use; and developmental variations in types of explanations used. It was found that patterns of attribution categories vary by age, and that the attribution process involves a complex interaction of subjective and objective reality.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
