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Peer reviewedPfeifer, Marcie; Goldsmith, H. H.; Davidson, Richard J.; Rickman, Maureen – Child Development, 2002
Examined longitudinally changes in inhibition from toddler age to age 4 and age 7 years. Found that temperament change in children who tested as inhibited or uninhibited as toddlers was more common than remaining extremely inhibited or uninhibited, but that change was largely limited to intermediate groups. Subgroups distinguished by responses on…
Descriptors: Inhibition, Longitudinal Studies, Personality Change, Personality Development
Peer reviewedErdley, Cynthia A.; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 1993
Fourth and fifth graders viewed a slide show that depicted a boy displaying negative behaviors and that had a negative consistent or a positive inconsistent ending. Children who believed that personality is fixed, but not children who believed personality is malleable, did not differ in their ratings of the boy in the consistent- and…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Elementary School Students, Personality, Personality Assessment
