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The Comity of Modest Manipulation, the Importance of Distinguishing among Bad Behaviors.
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Underwood, Marion K. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2003
Considers four issues pertaining to aggression and adaptation: (1) conceptual and operational definitions of aggression; (2) how aggression relates to adjustment difficulties for boys and girls and for children from different ethnic and socioeconomic groups; (3) whether specific forms of aggression relate to truly positive correlates and whether…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Age Differences, Aggression, Behavior Problems
Preschoolers' Evaluations of Teacher Methods of Intervention in Social Transgressions.
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Killen, Melanie; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1994
A total of 76 children, ages 3 through 5, were asked to evaluate how preschool teachers should intervene in children's social and moral transgressions. Older preschoolers preferred explicit teacher explanations over punishment or nonintervention, whereas all preferred punishment over nonintervention. Younger girls preferred explanations for moral…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Childhood Attitudes, Classroom Techniques
Activity Level in Young Children: Cross-Age Stability, Situational Influences, Correlates with Temperament and the Perception of Problem Behaviors.
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Fagot, Beverly I.; O'Brien, Marion – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1994
Two studies: evaluated the consistency of toddlers' motor activity level over time and across situations; and examined the relations between several measures of activity level and ratings of problem behavior in toddlers. Found that activity level was stable when measured by the same methods in the same situation but not across methods or across…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Context Effect
Coherence and Correlates of Level 1 Perspective Taking in Young Children.
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Klemchuk, Helen P.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
A total of 86 girls of 2 to 6 years completed Level 1 spatial and affective perspective-taking tasks. Results showed increasingly accurate performance with age. Task intercorrelations and factor analyses provided support for the coherence of the Level 1 perspective-taking construct. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Cognitive Development, Construct Validity