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Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Graduate School of Education. – 1966
THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY SUPPLEMENT LISTS MATERIAL ON VARIOUS ASPECTS OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT. APPROXIMATELY 90 UNANNOTATED REFERENCES ARE PROVIDED TO DOCUMENTS DATING FROM 1956 TO 1966. JOURNALS, BOOKS, AND REPORT MATERIALS ARE LISTED. SUBJECT AREAS INCLUDED ARE BEHAVIOR TESTS, CONDITIONING, MATERNAL REACTIONS, GRADE PREDICTABILITY, EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Bibliographies, Child Development, Conditioning
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Novak, David W. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1974
The purpose of this study was to examine children's reactions to different types of peer behaviors which are indicative of emotional disturbance. Subjects were found to view distrubed peers as unattractive and were unwilling to associate with them. (EK)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Peer Acceptance
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Cohen, Stewart; Przybycien, Collette A. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
The influence of peer models on changing the impulsive response styles of fourth and sixth grades was experimentally investigated. (DP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Observational Learning, Peer Relationship
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Lipton, Aaron – Elementary School Journal, 1971
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Classroom Environment, Peer Relationship
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Cohen, Joel B.; Golden, Ellen – Journal of Applied Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, College Students, Conformity
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Benenson, Joyce F.; Del Bianco, Rejeanne – Canadian Journal of Research in Early Childhood Education, 1997
Two studies documented gender differences in preschool children's responses to situations of vulnerability. Children playing with same sex friends showed no sex differences in time responding to vulnerability; some sex differences were noted in response type. Children's preferences for vignettes representing categories of response to the same…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Interpersonal Relationship, Peer Relationship
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Sharpley, Christopher F.; Rodd, Jillian – Early Child Development and Care, 1985
Examined effects of presentation of a peer-in-need stimulus to preschool children in real versus hypothetical contexts, with results indicating a significantly higher incidence of helping behavior in real situations. Nature of helping response as a preoperational reaction to concrete contextual cues is verified. (Author/DST)
Descriptors: Altruism, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education
CHARLESWORTH, ROSALIND; HARTUP, WILLARD W.
FOR 5 WEEKS, 2 OBSERVERS MADE DAILY VISITS TO A LABORATORY PRESCHOOL TO COLLECT INFORMATION ON THE AMOUNT AND KINDS OF POSITIVE SOCIAL REINFORCEMENT CHILDREN GIVE TO EACH OTHER IN NURSERY SCHOOL. SEVENTY CHILDREN (AGED 3 YEARS 4 MONTHS TO 4 YEARS 9 MONTHS) WERE GROUPED INTO 2 OLDER AND 2 YOUNGER CLASSES. EACH CHILD WAS OBSERVED IN RANDOM ORDER FOR…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Patterns, Nursery Schools, Observation
Tannenbaum, Barbara Irene – 1976
This study measured the effects on children's behavior of peer influence and prosocial and antisocial television messages. The subjects, 120 children in second, third, and fourth grades, were placed in three different situations: one in which no television was viewed, one in which an excerpt from a television program portraying violence was…
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Children, Comparative Analysis
Minuchin, Patricia – 1977
This study explored the functioning of exploratory and cautious children in open classrooms. Four areas of functioning were focused on: curiosity and exploration, learning and mastery, autonomous behavior, and interpersonal contacts. Thirty exploratory and 30 cautious children were selected through teacher ratings and exploratory tasks and…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students