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Peer reviewedO'Brien, Susan F.; Bierman, Karen Linn – Child Development, 1988
Interview responses of 72 fifth-, eighth-, and eleventh-graders revealed developmental changes in the scope and nature of perceived peer influence and in the extent to which peer group reactions have an impact on self-evaluations. Developmental changes in the apparent reference-group functions of peer groups for adolescent identity formation are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedWaters, Harriet Salatas – Child Development, 2000
Examines the concept of utilization deficiency related to memory strategy development. Argues that problems with current definition obscure previous important theoretical distinctions and limit investigations of strategy inefficiencies that are likely to be important in understanding development of strategy use. Maintains that the developmental…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Definitions
Peer reviewedMiller, Patricia H. – Child Development, 2000
Focuses on the importance and meaning of the degree of spontaneity in memory strategy production. Situates the concept of utilization deficiency within current work on memory strategy heterogeneity, contextual support, and situation-specific skills. Concludes that work on utilization deficiencies helps balance the focus on early emergence of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Children, Definitions
Peer reviewedRoosa, Mark W. – Child Development, 2000
Identifies interaction effects as the defining feature of resilience and resilience research. Maintains that interaction effects are responsible for the unique contributions of this field of study to the understanding of human development. Suggests that the methodological and statistical challenges posed by interaction effects do not, by…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Definitions, Individual Development
Peer reviewedScarr, Sandra – Child Development, 1993
Posits that an evolutionary perspective can unite the study of the typical development for and individual variation within a species and that environments within the normal range for a species are required for species-normal development. Individual differences in children reared in normal environments arise primarily from genetic variation and…
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Differences, Definitions, Environment
Peer reviewedPellegrini, A. D.; Smith, Peter K. – Child Development, 1998
Considers the nature and developmental functions of physical activity play. Distinguishes three kinds of physical activity play with consecutive age peaks: rhythmic stereotypies, exercise play, and rough-and-tumble play. Considers gender differences and function in terms of immediate and deferred consequences in physical, cognitive, and social…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Definitions
