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Peer reviewedEmmerich, Walter – Child Development, 1974
Fourth through eleventh grade students evaluated single personality trait descriptions of hypothetical persons of their own sex. Results are discussed in terms of person-perception and social desirability theories of personality. (ST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedLindauer, Martin S.; Reukauf, Lynn C. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Personality Development
Download full textFreedman, D. G. – 1967
This comprehensive paper proposing the use of evolutionary theory as a basis for studies in developmental psychology includes these specific sections: (1) Developmental Theories--a brief overview, (2) Individual Differences, (3) Culture and Inbreeding, (4) Sexual Dimorphism, (5) Critical Periods in the Development of Attachments, (6) Continuity…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cultural Influences, Developmental Psychology, Environmental Influences
Peer reviewedRobins, Richard W.; Tracy, Jessica L. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2003
Describes features and benefits of the person-centered approach to studying personality, identifies unanswered questions, and suggests research directions. Benefits noted include focus on intraindividual structure, descriptive efficiency, use of types as moderator variables, predictive validity, and conceptual clarity and intuitive appeal.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Individual Differences, Personality Change
Peer reviewedEdwards, J.B. – Educational Research, 1965
Imprecise concepts and vagueness in the field of moral development of children should be counterbalanced by future research by educationalists and psychologists. From a review of the scanty research available in moral development it can be concluded that (1) moral development is more complex than heretofore conceived; (2) individual differences in…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Children, Development, Individual Characteristics
Ahern, Mary; Malerstein, A. J. – 1981
One component of psychotherapy is the type of psychotherapeutic atmosphere created by the therapist. The various character structures of patients require different psychotherapeutic atmospheres. Three character structures are identifiable, each distinguished by a style of social cognition which parallels a stage of cognition in the child as…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Individual Differences
