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Smith, Craig E.; Harris, Paul L. – Social Development, 2012
Experimental studies of children's responses to apologies often present participants with hypothetical scenarios. This article reports on an experimental study of children's reactions to experiencing an actual disappointment and subsequent apology. Participants (ages four to seven) were told that another child was supposed to share some attractive…
Descriptors: Models, Psychological Patterns, Interpersonal Relationship, Young Children
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Flynn, Emma; Whiten, Andrew – Social Development, 2008
Developmental and gender effects in the transmission of information about a tool-use task were investigated within a "diffusion chain" design. One hundred and twenty-seven children (65 three-year-olds and 62 five-year-olds) participated. Eighty children took part in diffusion chains in which consecutive children in chains of five witnessed two…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Task Analysis, Children, Control Groups
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Sharp, Carla; Fonagy, Peter – Social Development, 2008
Recent studies of the relationship between parenting and child development have included a focus on the parent's capacity to treat the child as a psychological agent. Several constructs have been developed to refer to this capacity, for example maternal mind-mindedness, reflective functioning, and parental mentalizing. In this review article, we…
Descriptors: Models, Psychopathology, Child Development, Parent Child Relationship