Goals of the study, among others, were (1) to refine a system for assessing the developmental level of persuasive strategies, and (2) to test the hypothesis that children employ more advanced persuasive strategies when addressing unfamiliar rather than familiar persuasive targets (strangers v parents). (JMF)

Developmental changes in self-perceptions were studied in children and adolescents in grades 4, 6, 8, 10, and 12. The responses of subjects to the question Who am I? were analyzed by means of a 30-category scoring system. Children described themselves in terms of their physical appearance and their behavior, while adolescents referred to their…