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Preschoolers (Sometimes) Defer to the Majority in Making Simple Perceptual Judgments
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Corriveau, Kathleen H.; Harris, Paul L. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
Three- and 4-year-old children were asked to judge which of a set of 3 lines was the longest, both independently and in the face of an inaccurate consensus among adult informants. Children were invariably accurate when making independent judgments but sometimes deferred to the inaccurate consensus. Nevertheless, the deference displayed by both age…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, North Americans, Children, Preschool Children
Perceptual Exploration in Twins
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Matheny, Adam P., Jr. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1972
Study of perceptual exploration was undertaken to see to what extent school experience would produce left-right patterns on several kinds of figures which have strong Gestalt properties. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Developmental Psychology, Educational Experience
Sex Differences in the Maturation of Vocational Attitudes among Adolescents
Smith, Edward D.; Herr, Edwin L. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns
The Relationship Between Values and Behavior: A Developmental Hypothesis
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Henshel, Anne-Marie – Child Development, 1971
It was found that there was a stronger negative correlation between honesty scores and cheating incidents among older children than younger. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cheating
Development of Gender Role Knowledge and Gender Constancy.
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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
Adaptation and the Life Cycle
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Neugarten, Bernice L. – Counseling Psychologist, 1976
This paper is concerned with adaptation through time and with life time as differentiated from calendar or historical time. Life time is that of socially defined time; thus the author examines the system of social expectations regarding age-appropriate behavior which requires adaptive behavior on the part of adults. (SJL)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Development, Adults, Age Differences
A Study of Classificatory Behavior in Low Socioeconomic Status Children of Varying Characteristics.
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Nelson, Gordon Kenneth – 1971
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of method of presentation, grade level, sex, and achievement within grade and sex to the various bases upon which children of low socioeconomic background classify geometric concepts. Two tasks were administered to 96 subjects in the fifth, eighth, and eleventh grades--32 at each grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Analysis of Variance, Behavior Patterns
Observing Interpersonal Reasoning in a Clinic/Educational Setting: Toward the Integration of Developmental and Clinical-Child Psychology.
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Selman, Robert L.; And Others – 1977
This paper describes an on-going study in which clinical research techniques are used to examine children's social cognition and its development. The study focuses on the relation between subjects' verbally expressed reasoning about social issues in two situations: during interview sessions and in natural life settings. Subjects for the study are…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Developmental Psychology