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Heider's Foreseeability Level of Responsibility Attribution: Does It Come after Intentionality?
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Hook, J. G. – Child Development, 1989
A study showed that 5- to 15-year-old children first employed Heider's commission rule, then his intentionality rule, and finally the foreseeability rule at about 11 years of age. Results suggest that both the Heider and Piaget attribution research traditions were correct in part. (RH)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Piagetian Theory
The Development of the Concepts of Effort and Ability, Perception of Academic Attainment, and the Understanding that Difficult Tasks Require More Ability.
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Nicholls, John G. – Child Development, 1978
Selected cognitive developments presumed to mediate the development of achievement motivation are described. Age trends for four causal schemes involving the concepts of effort and ability from 5 to 13 years of age are presented. Developments related to ability, task difficulty, and incentive value are also described. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Ability, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Concept Formation
Children's Use of Personality Attributions to Predict Other People's Emotional and Behavioral Reactions.
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Gnepp, Jackie; Chilamkurti, Chinni – Child Development, 1988
When kindergarten, second grade, fourth grade, and college students listened to stories and were asked to predict and explain the story character's behavioral or emotional reaction to a new event, the use of personality attributions to predict and explain future reactions increased with age. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior, College Students