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Jennings, Kay D.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1984
Thirty-five children who had participated in a study of mastery motivation at one year of age were reevaluated at 3.5 years. Findings differed for boys and girls and indicated that a wide range of behaviors in the cognitive-motivational domain must be examined to find developmental continuities. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Infants, Language Acquisition

Goossens, Luc – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1984
The Situation Scale for Adolescents, an extended version of the Imaginary Audience Scale, was administered to several hundred youngsters in the seventh, ninth, and twelfth grades. The scale, assessing self-consciousness in two types of social situations, proved to be reliable, but yielded confused results regarding age and sex differences.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Egocentrism, Foreign Countries

Knight, Rosemary A.; Goodnow, Jacqueline J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Investigated 60 parents' perceptions of influence of their eldest child's (aged 4, 7, or 10 years) development and the extent to which these perceptions varied as a function of five factors. Cognitive and social development were significant variables for beliefs about influence. (RJC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Parent Background

Miller, Scott A.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1993
Examined the accuracy with which parents judged their children's preferences, and the relationship between parental accuracy and children's cognitive performance. Mothers were more accurate than fathers; parents of fifth graders were more accurate than parents of second graders. The accuracy of parents' predictions was related to children's…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education

International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1985
Investigates (1) the relationships between cognitive performance and cognitive styles and predictive possibilities and (2) performance differences by sex, school, grade, and income in 92 Indian adolescents. Assessment measures included Liquid Conservation, Islands, Goat-Lion, Hanoi-Tower, Rabbits (Piagetian); Block Design (WISC-R); Paper Cutting…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement

Paine, Patricia; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1992
Measured physical and cognitive development of 7- to 10-year-old Brazilian children in 3 social groups. Domestic servants' children were taller and heavier than children in slums, and shorter than middle-class children. Domestic servants' sons scored similar to slum-dwelling boys on cognitive measures. (BC)
Descriptors: Body Height, Body Weight, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth