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Cantor, Nancy L.; And Others – Child Development, 1977
Results indicating that adult males direct more praise, verbal help, and other forms of positive attention to responsive than to unresponsive children are contrasted with results obtained in a previous study of the reactions of women subjects. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Patterns, Children, College Students
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Matthews, Karen A. – Child Development, 1979
Examines the initial reactions of type A and type B boys and men to uncontrollable events. Type A individuals are characterized by extremes of competitive achievement striving, impatience, and aggression, a pattern of behavior implicated by recent research in the etiology of coronary heart disease. Type B individuals exhibit the relative absence…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Aggression, Behavior Patterns, College Students