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Wellman, Henry M.; Hickling, Anne K.; Schult, Carolyn A. – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Uses results of laboratory and natural language analyses of 2- to 4-year olds' explanations of human behavior to argue for a theory-type view of biological, psychological, and physical domains of thought. Concludes that children as young as 2 years show three different reasoning systems in their explanations of everyday phenomena, especially human…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior, Biology, Cognitive Development
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Inagaki, Kayoko – New Directions for Child Development, 1997
Psychological and biological reasoning are intertwined yet differentiated in preschoolers' understandings of bodily processes and events. Three studies suggest that preschoolers distinguish biological phenomena from psychological ones in their causal reasoning, although their reasoning about biological phenomena is sometimes influenced by…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Biology, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
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Santilli, Nicholas R.; Furth, Hans G. – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Examines the development of work perceptions in adolescents (12 to 18 years old) from a relational-developmental perspective. From this viewpoint, adolescents' perceptions and understanding of work and related areas, such as employment and unemployment, varied across age and, to a limited extent, across levels of formal reasoning operations.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Cognitive Development
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Stangor, Charles; Ruble, Diane N. – New Directions for Child Development, 1987
Examines research which suggests that children's developing knowledge about traditional gender roles has a substantial influence on how children process information pertaining to gender. Evidence also shows that as children attain gender constancy, their behaviors become especially responsive to gender-related information. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Development
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Nipkow, Karl Ernst; Schweitzer, Friedrich – New Directions for Child Development, 1991
Presents results of an analysis of a collection of statements about God written by German students between 16 and 22 years of age. Examines results from a psychoanalytic and cognitive-developmental perspective. Also considers the ways in which adolescents talk about the relationship between God and the church. (BB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Beliefs, Children