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Peer reviewedPonzetti, James J., Jr.; Folkrod, Anne N. – Child Study Journal, 1989
A total of 416 elementary school children described in writing what their grandparents meant to them. Girls were more likely than boys to mention love. Younger children reported obtaining more affective provisions (e.g., attachment and nurturance) from grandparents while older children reported more cognitive provisions (e.g., guidance and pride…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedKlein, Amelia J. – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigates kindergarten children's ability to comprehend and appreciate cognitively-oriented humor. Conceptual development was measured by assessing children's responses to a liquid conservation task modeled after Piaget. Results fail to support previous theories and indicate that a majority of the children fully comprehended and were able to…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Comprehension, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education
Peer reviewedWeinberger, Nanci; Bushnell, Emily W. – Child Study Journal, 1994
Four- and seven-year olds were asked to make and explain predictions about their abilities to solve perceptual problems, perform the tasks, and explain their success or failure. Results indicated that young children have some clear-cut knowledge, and misconceptions, about their senses. Between four and seven years, children become increasingly…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Metacognition, Perception
Peer reviewedRosser, Rosemary – Child Study Journal, 1994
Spatial cognition entails the ability to mentally represent spatial relations and to anticipate the course and outcome of transformations applied to those relations. The developmental histories of four tasks used to assess the maturity of spatial cognition in children are described. Significant effects were found for age, gender, task, and for…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedFowler, Patrick C. – Child Study Journal, 1986
Applies the analytic technique of maximum likelihood factor analysis to the intercorrelations of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised's subtests as a means for assessing more or less differentiation and integration. (HOD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Structures
Peer reviewedAquilino, William S. – Child Study Journal, 1986
Explores children's perceptions of four aspects of marriage: expression of affection, companionship, tension, and marital power. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Child Rearing
Peer reviewedSigelman, Carol K.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1986
Examines the reactions of children in grades 3-4, 7-8, and 11-12 to boys and girls whose behavior was either masculine-stereotyped or feminine-stereotyped along the dimensions of steadiness/excitability, adventurousness/timidity, and rudeness/politeness. (Author/HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Children, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedChen, Jie-Qi; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1994
Explored whether there are changes with age in understanding the specific distinction between natural and human-made phenomena and whether an appreciation of this distinction influences children's beliefs about the possibility of altering or transforming different categories of objects. Found that this distinction, a powerful organizer for adults,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation
