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Download full textSherman, Lawrence W. – 1984
Many studies have hypothesized a developmental relationship between children's chronological and mental ages and their intrapersonal perceptions of internal and external control. To investigate longitudinal changes in children's locus of control, 97 elementary school children, between the ages of 8 and 13, were administered the Children's…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cross Sectional Studies, Developmental Stages
Sherman, Lawrence W.; Wolf, Amy – 1984
Although humor and laughter are most often based in fundamental social interactions, this element of communication has received little attention. To examine the socially facilitating effects of communication and social acceptance by analyzing children's intrapersonal perceptions of communication apprehension, or shyness, 169 children, aged 8 to 13…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Classroom Research, Elementary Education
Ames, Carole; Ames, Russell – 1975
The purpose of this study was to test an informational vs. a dispositional hypothesis in predicting how children resolve instances of attributional conflict. Sixty-four sixth grade boys served as subjects after scoring in the upper and lower quartile of the Intellectual Achievement Responsibility Scale (IAR). Each child performed two separate…
Descriptors: Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Children, Elementary Education
