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The Longitudinal Interplay of Affective and Cognitive Empathy within and between Adolescents and Mothers
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van Lissa, Caspar J.; Hawk, Skyler T.; de Wied, Minet; Koot, Hans M.; van Lier, Pol; Meeus, Wim – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This 4-year study examined longitudinal interplays between adolescents' and mothers' self-reported empathic concern (EC) and perspective taking (PT). We investigated (a) whether adolescents' EC predicted rank-order change in their PT over time, or vice versa; (b) whether mothers' empathy predicted relative increases in adolescents' empathy; (c)…
Descriptors: Empathy, Parent Child Relationship, Mothers, Prediction
Order of the Acquisition of Perspective-Taking Skills.
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Cox, M. V. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Investigates sequential steps in children's ability to represent another's visual perspective when it differs from their own perspective. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Perspective Taking
Conceptual Perspective Taking in 2- to 6-Year-Old Children
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Mossler, Daniel G.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1976
The results of this study indicated that 4- and 5-year-old children are able to engage in veridical conceptual perspective taking. Furthermore, it was concluded that the ability to make a correct inference develops somewhat earlier than the ability to justify that inference. (JMB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Early Childhood Education, Egocentrism
Development of Recursive and Nonrecursive Thinking about Persons.
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Barenboim, Carl – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Investigates two levels of the spontaneous inference of thinking in others (nonrecursive and recursive) in children of ages 10, 12, 14 and 16 using a person description task. (Author/SS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
Egocentrism, Empathy, and Altruistic Behavior in Young Children.
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Buckley, Norman; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1979
Studies the relationship between egocentrism, empathy, and altruistic behavior in three- to nine-year-old children. (CM)
Descriptors: Altruism, Children, Cognitive Processes, Egocentrism
Perspective-Taking Skills in Young Children: Seeing the World Through Rose-Colored Glasses
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Liben, Lynn S. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Presents a study of perspective taking ability among children aged 3 to 7. The first task involved a classic block appearance task. In the second task, the child and/or the experimenter each wore different colored glasses and the child was asked to describe how a white card appeared to each of them. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Egocentrism
Cognitive Processes and Prosocial Behaviors among Children: The Role of Affective Attributions and Reconciliations.
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Gustavo, Carlo; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
Preschoolers through second graders were given an opportunity to help another child obtain toys. Help that required a specific form of affective attribution and reconciliation was found to be related to the affective attribution and reconciliation measures when the demands of the helping opportunity matched the social cognition measure demands.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Cues