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Holding the Baby: Using the Leiden Infant Simulator Sensitivity Assessment to Examine Attachment Theory's Sensitivity Hypothesis
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Julal, Fay S. – Psychology Learning and Teaching, 2018
Some students taking infant development classes have limited, direct experience of interacting with infants. This paper reports on a pilot of an innovative, research-informed workshop that provides hands-on experience through the use of infant simulators. The workshop adapted the Leiden Infant Sensitivity Simulator Assessment, which uses the…
Descriptors: Infants, Simulation, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Theories
Risk through the Years--A Statistical Portrait of Young People's Risk Perceptions and Experiences Relative to Those of Older Generations
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Cebulla, Andreas – Journal of Youth Studies, 2009
Youth and adolescence are associated with significant changes in a person's life. According to risk theory, the changes experienced by young people today are fundamentally different from those experienced by previous generations and entail a greater degree of uncertainty. In this paper, survey and interview data are used to describe how…
Descriptors: Risk, Risk Management, Cognitive Structures, Interviews
The British and Us. Open Schools I
Featherstone, Joseph – New Republic, 1971
Descriptors: Accountability, Developmental Psychology, Early Childhood Education, Educational Needs
Tempering a Fad. Open Schools-II
Featherstone, Joseph – New Republic, 1971
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmental Psychology, Educational Change
Children's Understanding of Showing Off.
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Bennett, Mark; Yeeles, Caroline – Journal of Social Psychology, 1990
Interviews 46 British children, ages 8 to 11, to test their understanding of showing off. Confirms prediction that younger childrens' understanding of motivation for showing off is based on psychological determinants and that 11-year-olds' understanding focuses on interpersonal determinants. Also discusses children's understanding of emotional…
Descriptors: Childhood Attitudes, Developmental Psychology, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries
Moral Reasoning: Its Relation to Logical Thinking and Role-Taking.
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Smith, Marion E. – Journal of Moral Education, 1978
In a sample of 100 children, aged 8-14, there was a clear association between consolidated concrete operational thinking and Kohlberg's Stage 2 moral reasoning, and some evidence that, in order of development, logical thinking precedes role-taking, which precedes moral reasoning, at corresponding levels of conceptual complexity. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Child Development, Correlation, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages
Estimation of a Moral Judgment Level Using Items Whose Alternatives Form a Graded Scale.
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Lieberman, Marcus – 1971
The limitations in the methods which are usually used in stage theory test analysis to determine the stage of development of an individual are outlined. Piaget's and Kohlberg's conceptions of moral judgment are presented along with one method of estimating a subject's level of development. The concept of a latent trait is developed. Its…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Theories, Correlation, Cultural Differences
Children, the Management of Schools and Political Literacy.
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Bottery, Mike – Oxford Review of Education, 1990
Contends policies that develop personal autonomy and honor children's right to participate in school organization and curricular decisions teach democratic values and citizenship. Encourages active teacher intervention, suggesting children's limits reflect teacher expectations and lack of opportunity. Notes two studies where children have…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Curriculum Development, Decision Making Skills