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Northrup, Jessie Bolz – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2017
The present article proposes a new developmental model of how young infants adapt and respond to complex contingencies in their environment, and how this influences development. The model proposes that typically developing infants adjust to an increasingly complex environment in ways that make it easier for them to allocate limited attentional…
Descriptors: Infants, Child Development, Adjustment (to Environment), Models
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Babb, Kimberley A.; Levine, Linda J.; Arseneault, Jaime M. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2010
This study examined developmental differences in, and cognitive bases of, coping flexibility in children with and without ADHD. Younger (age 7 to 8) and older (age 10 to 11) children with and without ADHD (N = 80) responded to hypothetical vignettes about problematic interactions with peers that shifted from controllable to uncontrollable over…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Developmental Stages, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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Horn, Stacey S. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2006
This study investigated how social group status and group bias are related to adolescents' reasoning about social acceptance. Ninth and eleventh-grade students (N = 379) were asked to make judgments about the inclusion of individuals in school activities based on their peer crowd membership. The results of the study revealed that both…
Descriptors: School Activities, Reference Groups, Social Status, Adolescents