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Emotional Development in Adolescence: What Can Be Learned from a High School Theater Program?
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Larson, Reed W.; Brown, Jane R. – Child Development, 2007
Grounded-theory analyses were used to formulate propositions regarding the processes of adolescent emotional development. Progress in understanding this difficult topic requires close examination of emotional experience in context, and to do this the authors drew on qualitative data collected over the course of a high school theater production.…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Emotional Experience, Emotional Development, Theater Arts
The Importance of Sensory Context in Young Children's Acceptance of Salty Tastes.
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Cowart, Beverly J.; Beauchamp, Gary K. – Child Development, 1986
Assesses the acceptance of and expressed preference for varying levels of salt in soup among children three to six years of age. (HOD)
Descriptors: Discovery Learning, Experiential Learning, Learning Processes, Sensory Experience
The Relation of Affect to Attention and Learning in Infancy.
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Rose, Susan A.; Futterweit, Lorelle R.; Jankowski, Jeffrey J. – Child Development, 1999
Examined the relation of positive affect to attention and learning in 5-, 7-, and 9-month olds. Found that at all ages positive affect was associated with long look durations and slower learning. Neutral affect was associated with short looks and faster learning. Learning was faster than expected for infants displaying both short looks and neutral…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attention, Infant Behavior, Infants