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Theory-of-Mind Development Influences Suggestibility and Source Monitoring
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Bright-Paul, Alexandra; Jarrold, Christopher; Wright, Daniel B. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
According to the mental-state reasoning model of suggestibility, 2 components of theory of mind mediate reductions in suggestibility across the preschool years. The authors examined whether theory-of-mind performance may be legitimately separated into 2 components and explored the memory processes underlying the associations between theory of mind…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Memory, Verbal Ability, Cognitive Development
It Takes Two To Fight: A Test of Relational Factors and a Method for Assessing Aggressive Dyads.
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Coie, John D.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Evaluated relative importance of relational and individual factors in accounting for aggression in third-grade boys' laboratory play groups. Found that relationship effects accounted for as much variance in total aggression and proactive aggression as actor or target effects. Mutually aggressive dyads displayed double the total aggression as…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attribution Theory, Children, Elementary School Students
Abstraction, Inference, and Acceptance in Children's Processing of an Adult Model's Moral Judgments.
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Harvey, Susan E.; Liebert, Robert M. – Developmental Psychology, 1979
The effects of a common dimension within a model's performance on different aspects of observational learning were examined in two experiments. Subjects were 220 second-grade children. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Development of Children's Inferences of the Emotions of Others.
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Thompson, Ross A. – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Second graders, fifth graders, and college students heard 12 stories that varied systematically by situational domain, outcome, and causal attribution. Students were asked to infer the story character's emotion at the end of the story and give reasons for it. Contributions and limitations of Weiner's attribution-emotion model are assessed in light…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development