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Graziano, William G. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Results showed that first-grade children were less likely to follow a task-based fair-play rule than were third graders when one of the other children was larger and older. When dealing with same-size age-mates, however, first graders were no less likely to follow a task-based rule than were third graders. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Age Groups, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Over one year, mothers observed the responses of their one-year-old children to distresses the children caused and witnessed in others. Children's prosocial behaviors, and reparative behaviors after they had caused distress, increased in frequency over the year. These behaviors were accompanied by changes in self-recognition. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Altruism, Empathy, Infants
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Borstelmann, L. J. – Developmental Psychology, 1974
Reports the results of a survey of current textbooks in developmental psychology for common citation of pre-1940 publications. The historical significance of the contributions of individual persons and landmark studies are discussed. (SDH)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
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Keller, Monika; Edelstein, Wolfgang; Schmid, Christine; Fang, Fu-xi; Fang, Ge – Developmental Psychology, 1998
Longitudinally assessed Icelandic children at ages 7, 9, 12, and 15, and cross-sectionally assessed Chinese children at corresponding ages, concerning reasoning about choices, motives, and moral justifications of a protagonist in a sociomoral dilemma. Icelanders referred more often to self-interest and contractual concerns; Chinese focused on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Childhood Attitudes, Children, Cross Cultural Studies