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Download full textPepitone, Emmy A. – 1973
This study investigated the social behavior patterns of children who worked on a cooperative task. Several ways of increasing interdependence were explored, and the effects of such methods on task performance were determined. Seventy six same-sex triads of fourth and fifth graders were asked to cooperate in making a block-picture on a round board.…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cooperation, Elementary School Students, Role Perception
Aldous, Joan – DARCEE Papers and Reports (George Peabody Coll. for Teachers), 1969
Role theorists maintain that good same-sex parent models are necessary for children to develop knowledge of appropriate sex roles. Cognitive theorists say that development of such knowledge depends on contact with good models, but models need not be parents. In the first phase of the study, children's knowledge of adult sex roles was determined…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Disadvantaged, Family Structure, Interviews
Selcer, Roberta J.; Hilton, Irma R. – 1970
A study was conducted to investigate whether: (1) children's preferences for activities vary as a function of the cultural stereotypes to which they are exposed; (2) children's perception of appropriate activities for females and males vary as a function of the cultural stereotypes to which they are exposed; and (3) the degree of differences…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Concept Formation, Identification (Psychology), Interviews
McCandless, Boyd R.; Evans, Ellis D. – 1973
Psychosocial development is the focus of this psychology textbook. In part 1, a view of human development and society, the following areas are covered: (1) basic concepts of psychosocial development; (2) ways of viewing human development; and (3) dilemmas in human development. Part 2, the development of symbolic behavior and special factors in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Development, Children, Cognitive Development
Peer reviewedCohen, Robert; And Others – Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 1994
Used a standard picture-ranking task to assess preschooler's attitudes about orthopedically handicapped individuals. Found that children as young as preschool age can hold a functionally related preference for a normal over a physically handicapped person. Children who held this preference interacted differently in social situations than children…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Childhood Attitudes
Lee, Patrick C.; Kedar, Gita – 1974
This article analyzes the interaction between sex role and "pupil role" in the early childhood education setting. It postulates that teachers and schools have a demonstrated investment in socializing children to a passive, docile, and dependent role, beginning at the preschool level. This role, called "pupil role," corresponds closely to the…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Role, Early Childhood Education, Educational Environment
