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Firth, Graham – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
Intensive Interaction is an empirically researched approach to developing fundamental communication and sociability for people with severe and profound learning disabilities and/or autism. However, it is the author's contention that certain aspects of Intensive Interaction are not universally conceptualised in a uniform manner, and that there are…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Interaction, Models, Autism
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Turiel, Elliot – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1989
Discusses domain-specificity with regard to social and cognitive development. General epistemological and theoretic considerations of the study of cognitive development are discussed. Included is a consideration of the intersection of the interactional model and a classification of systems of knowledge. (RH)
Descriptors: Ambiguity, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences, Epistemology
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Scobie, G. E. W.; Scobie, E. D. – Early Child Development and Care, 2000
Considers how forgiveness is learned and what developmental features it has in common with other prosocial activities. Maintains that viewing forgiveness within a moral developmental framework does not consider its complex nature nor address related issues such as damage severity, restoring relationships, empathy, or altruism. Explores these areas…
Descriptors: Altruism, Children, Empathy, Models
Wilkerson, Martha; Dodder, Richard A. – Journal of Physical Education and Recreation, 1979
A sociological framework is presented for analyzing the role of sport in modern society in terms of the social functions sport may be providing. These include emotional release, affirmation of identity, social control, socialization, social change, collective conscience, and success. (JMF)
Descriptors: Athletics, Change Agents, Models, Opinions
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Dodge, Kenneth A. – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Suggests that the model by Parke, MacDonald, Beitel, and Bhavnagri (1988) of ways that parents influence children's social development might be used to organize the study of abnormal development in children of depressed mothers. Components of a theoretical model of developmental psychopathology are outlined. (RH)
Descriptors: Children, Depression (Psychology), Models, Mothers
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Izard, Carroll E. – Human Development, 1995
Discusses the article by Lewis in this issue in the context of complex systems theory. Reviews several concepts of complex systems theory, including self-organization, entropy, phase transitions, stochastic processes, nonlinearity, and attractors. Notes that Lewis highlights the need for psychological models to treat nonlinear processes, chaotic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Entropy, Models, Organization
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Abrahams, Caryl – Journal of the Community Development Society, 1992
The community practice model illustrates how goals of participation, empowerment, cooperation, and institutionalization are affected by inputs from human resources, program characteristics, finances, social costs, and policy requirements within the context of the social, economic, and political structure; population diversity; physical…
Descriptors: Community Development, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries, Models
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Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Bukowski, William M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2000
Introduces the basic ideas of Jacob Moreno's (1934) historical model of sociometric judgment and discusses how developmental psychologists have used this model in child development research. Traces the development of sociometric techniques to study children's peer relations, and notes the limitations of contemporary sociometric techniques. (JPB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Models, Peer Acceptance, Peer Relationship
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Geary, David C.; Bjorklund, David F. – Child Development, 2000
Describes evolutionary developmental psychology as the study of the genetic and ecological mechanisms that govern the development of social and cognitive competencies common to all human beings and the epigenetic (gene-environment interactions) processes that adapt these competencies to local conditions. Outlines basic assumptions and domains of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Competence, Developmental Psychology, Evolution
Pellegrini, A. D.; Galda, Lee – 1997
As part of an attempt to precisely clarify the role of social context in early literacy development, this paper presents a working theoretical model for the ways in which one form of close social relationship, friendship, relates to early school-based literacy. The paper defines friendship as a dyadic, mutual relationship. The paper suggests that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Friendship, Literacy
Rushing, Janice Hocker; Frentz, Thomas S. – 1980
A psychological/ritual model of criticism is used to examine the movie "The Deer Hunter" as a rhetorical event in which males undergo psychological change through their war and postwar experiences. The critical model depends on understanding a Jungian interpretation of the human psyche, the form and function of initiation rituals, and…
Descriptors: Film Study, Films, Literary Criticism, Models
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Giroux, Aline – Journal of Educational Thought, 1988
Discusses the affective factors that underpin and guide moral judgements. Suggests a pedagogical model for affective development in moral education, based upon the expanding social environment in which a person defines and redefines him/herself and that environment's relation to the educational milieu. (DMM)
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Ethical Instruction, Models, Moral Development
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Blumenfeld-Jones, Donald S. – Journal of Educational Thought/Revue de la Pensee Educative, 1996
Considers traditional classroom discipline systems as patriarchal moral systems focused on hyperindividuality and dependent upon rules, consequences, and principles focused through authoritarian structures. Critiques the Assertive Discipline, Control Theory, and Discipline with Dignity discipline systems, and proposes an alternative model for…
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Classroom Techniques, Discipline, Discipline Policy
Martin, Rod A. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1988
Discusses the ways in which nonhostile, self-accepting, realistic humor may be an important coping strategy for children. Offers practical suggestions for parents, teachers, and other caretakers to encourage the development of humor in children. (FMW)
Descriptors: Children, Coping, Daily Living Skills, Humor
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Jung, Vivienne; Short, Robert H. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2002
This article reviews various theories for difficulties in socioemotional functioning experienced by many deaf persons. It then proposes a 3-level model which focuses on: (1) intrapsychic processes such as self-concept; (2) reciprocal interactions between the person and the social environment; and (3) resulting memories and expectancies that affect…
Descriptors: Adults, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Development
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