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Modeling IQ Change: Evidence from the Texas Adoption Project.
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Loehlin, John C.; And Others – Child Development, 1989
Analyzed genetic and environmental contributions to intellectual change in 258 adopted and 93 biological children of 3-14 years. The effect of genes and family environment was significant at the time of the first measurement, but only genes made an additional contribution between the first and the second. (RJC)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Family Environment
Intellectual Development within Transracial Adoptive Families: Retesting the Confluence Model.
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Berbaum, Michael L.; Moreland, Richard L. – Child Development, 1985
Estimates confluence model of intellectual development for a within-family sample of 321 children from 101 transracial adoptive families. Mental ages of children and their parents and birth or adoption intervals were used in a nonlinear least-squares estimation procedure to obtain children's predicted mental ages. Results suggest efficiency of the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Children, Cognitive Development, Family Influence
Socialization and Developmental Change.
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Maccoby, E. E. – Child Development, 1984
Considers the divergent paths taken by research in cognitive development and research in social-emotional development, arguing that studies of socialization need to become more developmental. Discusses meanings of development that may affect the socialization process. (Author/CI)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Economic Deprivation and Early Childhood Development.
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Duncan, Greg J.; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Examined the relationship between poverty and children's developmental outcomes, the effects of the timing and duration of poverty, and the effects of poverty at the family and neighborhood level, analyzing data from two longitudinal surveys. Found that poverty status was strongly related to low levels of cognitive development, even after…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Family Influence
Theory of Mind Is Contagious: You Catch It from Your Sibs.
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Perner, Josef; And Others – Child Development, 1994
Two experiments investigated the relationship between family size and "theory of mind." Results from an experiment with three- and four-year olds showed that children from larger families were better able than children from smaller families to predict a story character's mistaken (false-belief based) action. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, Children, Cognitive Development
Distributive Justice Development: Cross-Cultural, Contextual, and Longitudinal Evaluations.
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Enright, Robert D.; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Study One examined Swedish and American children's understanding of what constitutes fair criteria for the distribution of goods (i.e., distributive justice). Study Two compared children's distributive justice in family and peer contexts, and Study Three attempted a longitudinal assessment of distributive justice reasoning in two different…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Context Effect
Psychosocial Adjustment among Children Experiencing Persistent and Intermittent Family Economic Hardship.
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Bolger, Kerry E.; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examines the effects of persistent economic hardship on children. Both black and white children who experienced persistent family economic hardship demonstrated problems in peer relations, showed conduct problems at school, and reported low self-esteem. Connections between persistent economic hardship and psychosocial adjustment were more…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Blacks, Children, Cognitive Development