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Klass, Ellen Tobey – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Investigates how the experimentally manipulated sincerity of models affects their influence, by using a delay-of-reward paradigm. Subjects were 40 fifth and sixth grade children. (MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary School Students, Modeling (Psychology), Models

Rosenthal, Ted L.; Zimmerman, Barry J. – Child Development, 1973
Degree of organization in presenting stimuli, and training through modeling versus guided practice, were studied on a dial-reading concept using 144 third or fifth graders. (ST)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Elementary School Students, Generalization
Abstraction, Inference, and Acceptance in Children's Processing of an Adult Model's Moral Judgments.

Harvey, Susan E.; Liebert, Robert M. – Developmental Psychology, 1979
The effects of a common dimension within a model's performance on different aspects of observational learning were examined in two experiments. Subjects were 220 second-grade children. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Decision Making, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students

Denney, Douglas R. – Child Development, 1972
Results lend support to the notion that children at different ages are differentially responsive to various conceptual-strategy models. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concept Formation, Conceptual Tempo, Elementary School Students

Perry, David G.; Bussey, Kay – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979
Presents a modified social learning theory account of the contribution of imitation to sex role development. Subjects of the two experiments described were elementary school boys and girls. (MP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Identification (Psychology), Imitation
Bridgeman, Brent; Burbach, Harold J. – 1974
This experiment was designed to assess whether the expected and actual performance of black and white students on an academic task would be differentially affected by the race of the successful models observed. Since males and females might not be equally influenced by the modeling effects, separate analyses were planned for males and females of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Elementary School Students, Expectation
Dimas, Chris – 1973
The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of motion pictures utilizing black models on the self-concept of black fourth and sixth grade students; that perhaps, mediated black models may be effective in bringing about a more positive self-concept among black students. The design of this study was of the post-test form only. This was…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Zimmerman, Barry J. – 1972
This document presents a detailed review and index of post-1960 modeling-imitation research relevant to the development and education of children. Each research study is described in terms of purpose, independent and dependent variables, task and procedures, model and subject characteristics, materials and results. In addition, an overall model is…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students