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Halberda, Justin; Feigenson, Lisa – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Behavioral, neuropsychological, and brain imaging research points to a dedicated system for processing number that is shared across development and across species. This foundational Approximate Number System (ANS) operates over multiple modalities, forming representations of the number of objects, sounds, or events in a scene. This system is…
Descriptors: Number Systems, Neurology, Child Development, Children
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Boseovski, Janet J.; Lee, Kang – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Two experiments examined young children's use of behavioral frequency information to make behavioral predictions and global personality attributions. In Experiment 1, participants heard about an actor who behaved positively or negatively toward 1 or several recipients. Generally, children did not differentiate their judgments of the actor on the…
Descriptors: Experimental Psychology, Prediction, Association (Psychology), Personality Traits
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Lytton, Hugh – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Discipline, Fathers, Interaction Process Analysis
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Anderson, Kathleen E.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Compares the reactions of mothers of 6- to 11-year-old conduct-disordered boys with those of mothers of normal boys, matched for age and education of mother, in situations whereby each mother interacted with her own child, with a child not her own of like classification, and with a child not her own of different classification. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior, Behavior Disorders, Behavioral Science Research, Child Role