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Attachment in Late Adolescence: Working Models, Affect Regulation, and Representations of Self and Others.
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Kobak, R. Rogers; Sceery, Amy – Child Development, 1988
Examines the coherence of attachment organization during late adolescence in a sample of 53 college freshmen. Three kinds of working models were assessed with the Adult Attachment Interview: Dismissing of Attachment, Secure, and Preoccupied with Attachment. Findings are interpreted in terms of different styles of affect regulation and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, College Freshmen
Structure and Sequence of Formal and Postformal Thought: General Patterns and Individual Differences.
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Demetriou, Andreas; Efklides, Anastasia – Child Development, 1985
A total of 400 subjects differing in age, sex, and SES were tested on strategic, relational, experimental, and postformal abilities. Results showed that Demetriou and Efklides' model of the development of formal thought could be integrated with theories claiming that thought is structured in different inquiring systems and develops postformally as…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Foreign Countries
Developmental and Individual Differences in Long-Term Memory Retrieval: Process and Organization.
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Ford, Martin E.; Keating, Daniel P. – Child Development, 1981
Investigated the relationship of two memory components involved in the retrieval of information from long-term memory--one process-oriented and one structure-oriented-- to variability associated with age and ability differences. Striking developmental differences obtained for retrieval efficiency were highly related to scores on tests of ability,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students