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Implicit Theories of Personality and Attributions of Hostile Intent: A Meta-Analysis, an Experiment, and a Longitudinal Intervention
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Yeager, David S.; Miu, Adriana S.; Powers, Joseph; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 2013
Past research has shown that hostile schemas and adverse experiences predict the hostile attributional bias. This research proposes that seemingly nonhostile beliefs (implicit theories about the malleability of personality) may also play a role in shaping it. Study 1 meta-analytically summarized 11 original tests of this hypothesis (N = 1,659),…
Descriptors: Personality Theories, Psychological Patterns, Adolescents, Bias
Which Penguin Is This? Attributing False Beliefs about Object Identity at 18 Months
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Scott, Rose M.; Baillargeon, Renee – Child Development, 2009
Recent research has shown that infants as young as 13 months can attribute false beliefs to agents, suggesting that the psychological-reasoning subsystem necessary for attributing reality-incongruent informational states (Subsystem-2, SS2) is operational in infancy. The present research asked whether 18-month-olds' false-belief reasoning extends…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Processes
Understanding Emotion in the Family: Children's and Parents' Attribution of Happiness, Sadness, and Anger.
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Covell, Katherine; Abramovitch, Rona – Child Development, 1987
Children 5 to 15 years old answered questions on causal attributions of their own and their mothers' emotions, and methods for inferring and changing maternal emotion. Parents were asked reciprocal questions. (PCB)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Children, Influences, Mothers