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Maslowsky, Julie; Keating, Daniel P.; Monk, Christopher S.; Schulenberg, John – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2011
Risk behavior contributes to substantial morbidity and mortality during adolescence. This study examined neurocognitive predictors of proposed subtypes of adolescent risk behavior: planned (premeditated) versus unplanned (spontaneous). Adolescents (N = 69, 49% male, M = 15.1 [1.0] years) completed neurocognitive tasks (Iowa Gambling Task [IGT],…
Descriptors: Prevention, Adolescents, Risk, Predictor Variables
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Silverman, Irwin W.; Litman, Ruth – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Pairs of elementary school children at different concept development levels were given problems to discuss, in order to examine the prediction, derived from the equilibration model, that when two children holding different beliefs must arrive at a consenus, the child possessing the higher level of cognitive development will prevail over the child…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Decision Making