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Direct linkCorriveau, 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
Montgomery, Theresa; Richman, Shanna – 1979
The effects of meaningfulness of the stimulus materials and the presence or absence of contextual cues on problem-solving behavior were investigated. Third-graders (N=80) were randomly assigned to one of four conditions and their performance in a series of discrimination problems was observed. Subjects in Conditions I and II responded to stimuli…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Context Clues, Discrimination Learning
Peer reviewedCampbell, Susan B. – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Children, Exceptional Child Research
Peer reviewedSigel, I. E. – Human Development, 1974
Discusses many factors involved in determining the complex nature of a child's knowledge base. Includes three kinds of considerations: 1) task-oriented criteria; 2) motivational elements; and 3) the relationship between personality and performance. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Context Clues, Educational Testing
Peer reviewedMullis, Ronald L.; Mullis, Ann K. – Child Study Journal, 1986
Examines verbal interactions of mothers and fathers with their school-age children (9 and 12 years of age) during structured sessions. Mothers, more than fathers, tend to use more problem-solving behaviors with their 9-year-olds than with their 12-year-olds and boys discriminate more than girls in their use of problem-solving behaviors with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Communication Research
Peer reviewedWeissberg, Roger P.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Effects of a 52-lesson, class-taught, social-problem-solving training program for third-grade children were assessed. Program children improved more than controls on several cognitive skills, including problem identification, alternative-solution thinking, and consequential thinking as well as on behavioral problem-solving performance.…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Measurement
