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Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1971
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedShultz, Thomas R. – Child Development, 1974
A study of the development of elementary school children's appreciation of riddles was conducted within the framework of the incongruity and resolution theory of humor. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Humor
Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1974
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Elementary School Students, Humor
Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E. – Child Development, 1976
The present studies were designed to test the role of descrepancy between existing cognitive structures and current input and the amount of pleasure derived from successful processing of that input with respect to children's appreciation of humor. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedMcGhee, Paul E.; Johnson, Susan F. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1975
An investigation of the influence of internal and external cues upon the perception of humor in the violation of a logical expectancy (using conservation of weight) in a total of 108 third and fifth graders. (ED)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Conservation (Concept), Cues, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedWhitt, J. Kenneth; Prentice, Norman M. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Examined the relationship of ability to conserve and comprehend of logical riddles in 33 first-, third- and fifth-grade boys of average intelligence. Although both riddle comprehension and cognitive maturity as assessed by Piagetian tasks increased with grade, the relation between them was not clearly demonstrated. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Conservation (Concept)
Peer reviewedPark, Rose – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1977
An investigation was made of the structure of riddles, riddle content, and the function of riddling among children ages 5 to 14. Interaction data and 1195 items were taped and hand-recorded during riddle sessions with 101 children from kindergarten, second, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth grades. (MS)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedFowles, Barbara; Glanz, Marcia E. – Journal of Child Language, 1977
Children in grades 1-3 were asked to retell and explain a series of riddles. Ability to recall riddles was not predictive of ability to explain them. Three cognitive factors seemed to determine level of riddle competence. Implications concern the relationship of riddle competence to reading ability and metalinguistic facility. (CHK)
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
Peer reviewedJalongo, Mary Renck – Childhood Education, 1985
Focuses on three interrelated issues: (1) developmental theories of humor (2) variables that facilitate children's responses to amusing literature, and (3) strategies for the evaluation and more effective use of humorous children's books. Provides examples of books, an overview chart of the general chronology of children's humor development, and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Literature, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedHowe, Frederick C. – Child Study Journal, 1993
Explores developmental patterns in children from kindergarten through grade six. Highlights physical development, including height, activity level, motor skills, and health; mental development, including abstract thought, academic focus, learning difficulties, subject preferences, and creativity; psychosocial development, including interpersonal…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Books, Child Health, Childrens Literature
