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Dixon, J. C.; Street, J. W. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1975
Age-related changes in self-definition were examined in 120 students from age 6 to 16 years. It is suggested that with increasing age there is greater self-extension and a reconceptualization of self and not-self relations. (GO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Elementary Secondary Education
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Friedrich, Douglas – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1975
Age-related changes in memory processes in children and adults were studied using a free recall monaural task which included manipulation of association value of words and presentation rate variables. (GO)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Associative Learning, Auditory Stimuli, Elementary Secondary Education
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Milgram, Roberta M.; Milgram, Norman A. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1976
Two groups of Israeli boys and girls in Grades 4-8, one group of 182 intellectually gifted with a mean WISC IQ of 140, and one group of 310 nongifted, were compared on several indices of personal-social adjustment. (MS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
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Coleman, John; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
The study used a simple attitude scale to investigate the ways in which adolescents and parents perceive each other. The families involved came from a poor working-class background and both adolescents and preadolescents were included. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Attitudes, Childhood Attitudes
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Piers, Ellen V. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
Relationships between children's self esteem, certainty of self esteem appraisal, and intellectual achievement responsibility were examined in boys and girls at the sixth grade and tenth grade levels with use of the Piers-Harris Children's Self Concept Scale and the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Questionnaire. (MS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education