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Li, Fangfang – Child Development, 2012
Speech productions of 40 English- and 40 Japanese-speaking children (aged 2-5) were examined and compared with the speech produced by 20 adult speakers (10 speakers per language). Participants were recorded while repeating words that began with "s" and "sh" sounds. Clear language-specific patterns in adults' speech were found,…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Speech, Oral Language, Adults
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Kalish, Charles W.; Lawson, Christopher A. – Child Development, 2008
Three experiments explored the significance of deontic properties (involving rights and obligations) in representations of social categories. Preschool-aged children (M = 4.8), young school-aged children (M = 8.2), and adults judged the centrality of behavioral, psychological, and deontic properties for both familiar (Experiments 1 and 2, Ns = 50…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Children, Adults, Social Cognition
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Enns, James T.; Akhtar, Nameera – Child Development, 1989
Subjects of 4, 5, 7, and 20 years of age performed a speeded classification task designed to isolate sources of interference in visual selective attention. While subjects of all ages were unable to avoid processing distractors, older subjects were better able to inhibit distractor processing. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Attention, Children, Individual Development
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Seidner, Laura Beizer; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Developmental changes in conditions engendering pride and embarrassment were explored. Among other results, developmental change was found in the standards used to evaluate emotional experiences; references to social comparison increased with age and references to mastery decreased. (PCB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Audiences, Children
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Dent, Cathy; Rosenberg, Lois – Child Development, 1990
Subjects were 30 participants at each of 4 ages: 5, 7, and 10 years, and adult. Subjects described objects ordered in pairs. Children of 5 and 7 years improved their ability to understand visual metaphors which display a topic-visual interaction. From age 5 to adulthood, subjects improved their ability to comprehend metaphoric similarity. (RH)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability
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Flavell, John H.; Green, Frances L.; Flavell, Eleanor R.; Lin, Nancy T. – Child Development, 1999
Interviewed 5-, 6-, 7-, 8-, and 10-year olds, and adults regarding their knowledge about primary-consciousness, reflective-consciousness, and control activities. Found that the recognition that people do not engage in conscious mental activities when unconscious is still developing during the late middle-childhood years. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
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Ritter, Jean M.; And Others – Child Development, 1991
Relations among age appearance, facial attractiveness, and adult expectations of infants' developmental maturity were examined in three studies. Adults judged unattractive infants to be older and capable of more specific developmental skills than attractive infants but rated their general competence to be lower. (BC)
Descriptors: Adults, Chronological Age, Competence, Evaluation
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Greer, Tammy; Lockman, Jeffrey J. – Child Development, 1998
Two studies examined developmental changes in handwriting variability. Results indicated that, between 3 and 5 years, the number of grip patterns that children routinely use declines and the variability associated with pen-surface positioning declines. Older 3-year-olds used an adult grip pattern more often and were less variable in pen-surface…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages