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Download full textPatterson, Charlotte J.; Mischel, Walter – 1976
This study assesses the effects of three kinds of verbal plans, temptation-inhibiting plans, reward-oriented plans, and task-facilitating plans, on children's resistance to temptation. Each plan was studied in an elaborated and an unelaborated form. Subjects were 70 four-year olds, 35 boys and 35 girls. The major piece of apparatus employed was a…
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Discipline, Individual Power
Stephens, Mark W. – 1971
Results of several studies of cognitive and cultural correlates and determinants of early IE development are discussed, and some implications of the findings are pointed out. In studies of correlations between IE and intelligence test scores, results show that the scores increase regularly with age, from age 4 through 8, and there are fairly…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged
