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Crookes, T. G.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
Anthony's theory of the development of extraversion in children requires that there should be a negative correlation between extraversion and intelligence after age 13 or 14. To test this Raven's Progressive Matrices and the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory were administered to 801 adolescents. Findings did not support Anthony's theory.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Correlation, Intelligence
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Corson, David – Elementary School Journal, 1984
Presents arguments for oral language work in classrooms that go far beyond "the principal means of human communication" justification. Topics discussed include relationships between oral language and literacy, intelligence, problem solving, cognition, "the hypothetical mode of learning," and personality growth. Recommendations…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum, Foreign Countries
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Roeper, Thomas – Roeper Review, 1998
This essay examines the relationship of cognitive science, especially linguistics, to the development of the human mind, self, and intelligence. Linguistics is seen to contribute a complex computational ability to the sense of free will. Also considered as part of the integrated self are intuition, athletic intelligence, intellectual diversity,…
Descriptors: Athletics, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Ethics
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Redmore, Carolyn Denison; Loevinger, Jane – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1979
Adolescents from one inner-city, two suburban, and one private school were tested using the Washington University Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development. Both test-retest correlations and change scores supported the hypothesized sequence of ego development. Significant correlation between ego level and intelligence occurred in two schools.…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Elementary Secondary Education, Intelligence, Longitudinal Studies
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Wenar, Charles – Human Development, 1982
Presents a working definition of negativism and a reconstruction of its development in the first year of life. New issues concerning the origins and nature of negativism are raised in the light of recent findings concerning attachment, autonomy, and temperament. Special attention is given to the development of "No" and symbolic negation.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attachment Behavior, Child Language, Infants
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Ollendick, Duane G. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1979
A study of fourth graders and their parents was conducted to determine the relationship between parents' locus of control and their children's locus of control, anxiety, intelligence, achievement, and behavioral adjustment. The relationship between mothers' locus of control and children's characteristics was more consistent than between fathers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, Children, Fathers