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Effects of Adolescent Sociocognitive Development on the Cortisol Response to Social Evaluation
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van den Bos, Esther; van Duijvenvoorde, Anna C. K.; Westenberg, P. Michiel – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Adolescents become increasingly sensitive to social evaluation. Some previous studies have related this change to pubertal development. The present longitudinal study examined the role of sociocognitive development. We investigated whether or not the transition to recursive thinking, the ability to think about (others') thoughts, would be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Social Development, Cognitive Development, Longitudinal Studies
Extraversion and Performance on Raven's Matrices in 15-16 Year Old Children: An Examination of Anthony's Theory of the Development of Extraversion.
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Crookes, T. G.; And Others – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1981
Anthony's theory of the development of extraversion in children requires that there should be a negative correlation between extraversion and intelligence after age 13 or 14. To test this Raven's Progressive Matrices and the Junior Eysenck Personality Inventory were administered to 801 adolescents. Findings did not support Anthony's theory.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Correlation, Intelligence
Psychometric Evidence of Intellectual Growth Spurts in Early Adolescence.
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Andrich, David; Styles, Irene – Journal of Early Adolescence, 1994
Examined quantitative evidence of an intellectual growth spurt during early adolescence by combining modern psychometric modeling, computerized testing with the Raven progressive matrices, and longitudinal socioeconomic and educational backgrounds. Found that gender difference was not significant. Notes the impact of this evidence on educational…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age, Body Height