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Montgomery, Derek E.; Bach, Leslie M.; Moran, Christy – Child Development, 1998
Three studies examined children's understanding of looking behavior in revealing another's desired goal. Found that 6-year olds and adults, but not 4-year olds, consistently regarded prolonged looking as a more important cue than glancing or inadvertent touching of the protagonist's goal. Results suggest that development is characterized by…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attention, Child Behavior, Child Development

Smiley, Patricia A.; Dweck, Carol S. – Child Development, 1994
Tested on preschoolers a goal-confidence model for older children that predicts achievement behavior during failure. Found that individual differences in achievement goals emerge very early. Children appeared to have developed a mechanism for selecting learning opportunities prior to formal school experience. (AA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Child Development, Goal Orientation