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Peer reviewedUnger, Rhoda K.; And Others – Journal of Social Issues, 1986
The world view of students was investigated, measuring covert causal assumptions about the relationship between the person and physical and social reality. The results indicate that people place themselves in particular intellectual arenas because of their preexisting ideology. Suggestions for further study are made. (PS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Epistemology, Ideology, Individual Development
Peer reviewedWitkin, Herman A. – Human Development, 1979
Summarizes the theory of psychological differentiation and reviews recent cross-cultural research on the roles of child rearing, culture, and ecology in the development of individual, group, and sex differences in the field dependence-field independence cognitive style component of psychological differentiation. (SS)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedHoltzman, W. H. – Human Development, 1979
Reviews the research methods, design, and main findings of the Austin-Mexico City cross-cultural study of personality and intellectual development using an overlapping longitudinal design. A span of 12 years of development was extrapolated from six years of repeated testing with children ages 6, 9, and 12 years. (SS)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Style, Coping, Cross Cultural Studies
Ahern, Mary; Malerstein, A. J. – 1981
One component of psychotherapy is the type of psychotherapeutic atmosphere created by the therapist. The various character structures of patients require different psychotherapeutic atmospheres. Three character structures are identifiable, each distinguished by a style of social cognition which parallels a stage of cognition in the child as…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Individual Differences
Peer reviewedSadler-Smith, Eugene – Educational Psychology, 1997
Summarizes the results of a study of 245 university undergraduates and describes the range of individual differences in cognitive style within that sample. Identifies four broad categories: (1) cognitive personality elements, (2) information processing style, (3) approaches to studying, and (4) instructional preferences. Discusses the differences…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Restructuring, Cognitive Style, Educational Psychology
Peer reviewedHertz-Lazarowitz, Rachel – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1979
Israeli children responded to a questionnaire assessing self-esteem, locus-of-control, and classroom social climate. Data were compared according to school grades, socioeconomic status, and sex. Affective personality variables and children's perception of the school social environment followed divergent patterns of development according to social…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Class Attitudes, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Style
Ching, Leong Yin, Ed.; And Others – 1984
Attended by participants from 19 nations, this conference focused on six topics related to child and adolescent development. Major topics discussed included child development and related issues, curriculum and the adolescent, the adolescent and technological changes, and the preparation of youth for adulthood. Symposia focusing on child…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, Adolescent Development, Behavior Patterns
