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Carving Metacognition at Its Joints: Protracted Development of Component Processes
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O'Leary, Allison P.; Sloutsky, Vladimir M. – Child Development, 2017
Two experiments investigated the development of metacognitive monitoring and control, and conditions under which children engage these processes. In Experiment 1, 5-year-olds (N = 30) and 7-year-olds (N = 30), unlike adults (N = 30), showed little evidence of either monitoring or control. In Experiment 2, 5-year-olds (N = 90) were given…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Young Children, Adults, Feedback (Response)
When You Shouldn't Do What You Want to Do: Young Children's Understanding of Desires, Rules, and Emotions
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Lagattuta, Kristin Hansen – Child Development, 2005
This research investigated 4- through 7-year-olds' and adults' (n=64) concepts about the emotional consequences of desire fulfillment versus desire inhibition in situations where people's desires conflict with prohibitive rules. Results revealed developmental increases in attributing positive or mixed emotions to story characters that make…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Age Differences, Young Children, Adults
The Effect of Being Labeled on Subsequent Self-Control in Children.
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Toner, Ignatius J.; And Others – Child Development, 1980
Investigates the effect of being labeled "patient" among kindergarten, first- and second-grade girls in a self-imposed delay of gratification task making rewards contingent upon stopping further accumulation. Results are interpreted in terms of modifications in the child's self perceptions as a consequence of being labeled by an adult. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Delay of Gratification, Elementary School Students