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Schrans, Tracy; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1990
When children of three, five, and seven years were tested on two liking-judgment tasks, results indicated that younger children do not make the same types of errors as older children and adults do, and that younger children can more accurately report the variables determining their judgments. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior, Cognitive Processes
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Saylor, Megan M.; Baird, Jodie A.; Gallerani, Catherine – Journal of Cognition and Development, 2006
Children's observation of the given-new contract was tested with a task requiring children to provide novel, rather than known, information about an event to a listener. Study 1 revealed developmental differences in children's adherence to the contract: 4- and 5-year-olds showed better adherence to the contract than 3-year-olds. In Studies 2 and…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Age Differences, Individual Development, Cognitive Processes
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Cote, James; Reker, Gary T. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1979
Results partially support the hypothesis that the cognitive structure of in crisis statuses is characterized by higher levels of differentiation and articulation compared with the resolution status. Findings indicate that a synthesis of aspects of cognitive and ego psychology is highly desirable. (Author)
Descriptors: Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Processes, Conflict Resolution, Foreign Countries
Mitchell, John J. – 1992
Adolescent struggle is about the forces which shape the self and direct the search for identity. It examines the factors which incline young people toward self-centeredness, irrationality and faulty decision-making. Section 1 of the book deals with the adolescent self and two of the most important determinants of adolescent behavior: egocentrism…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes