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Direct linkHaimovitz, Kyla; Dweck, Carol S.; Walton, Gregory M. – Developmental Science, 2020
Children's tendency to delay gratification predicts important life outcomes, yet little is known about how to enhance delay of gratification other than by teaching task-specific strategies. The present research investigated the effect of exposing children to a model who experiences the exertion of willpower as energizing. In two experiments, 86 4-…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Delay of Gratification, Models, Self Control
Goldstein, Thalia R.; Lerner, Matthew D. – Developmental Science, 2018
Pretense is a naturally occurring, apparently universal activity for typically developing children. Yet its function and effects remain unclear. One theorized possibility is that pretense activities, such as dramatic pretend play games, are a possible causal path to improve children's emotional development. Social and emotional skills,…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Drama, Play, Games
Gagne, Jeffrey R.; Hill Goldsmith, H. – Developmental Science, 2011
Inhibitory control (IC) is a dimension of child temperament that involves the self-regulation of behavioral responses under some form of instruction or expectation. Although IC is posited to appear in toddlerhood, the voluntary control of emotions such as anger begins earlier. Little research has analyzed relations between emotional development in…
Descriptors: Twins, Preschool Children, Psychological Patterns, Genetics
