Social Information and Development of Children's Peer Evaluations.

Waas, Gregory A.

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ERIC Number: EJ434836

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Publication Date: 1991

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Social Information and Development of Children's Peer Evaluations.

Waas, Gregory A.

Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, v37 n3 p407-24 Jul 1991

Presents research into second and fifth graders' use of social information about focal peers. Examines the impact of social information on children's evaluations at two levels: attributions focused on the cause of a social event, and more generalized dispositional inferences about the focal peer. Girls were sensitive to the stability dimension, whereas boys viewed conflict as dispositional. (GH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Standards, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 5, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Evaluation, Social Adjustment, Social Attitudes, Social Cognition

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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