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Parsons, Jacquelynne E.; Ruble, Diane N. – Child Development, 1977
The relation between past history of outcomes and achievement expectancies was examined for 72 elementary school students. (JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Elementary Education
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Kuttler, Ami Flam; Parker, Jeffrey G.; La Greca, Annette M. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2002
Used hypothetical vignettes to examine 384 preadolescents' understanding of gossip in varying circumstances. Found that children correctly labeled talk about nonpresent others as gossip and considered it inappropriate. Skepticism was higher for gossip than for firsthand information and was greatest with cues suggesting that speakers were…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development
Levy, Gary D. – 1989
A total of 83 children of 27 to 63 months of age were interviewed in an effort to assess the importance of the children's understanding of gender constancy and their use of physical characteristics in making gender role stereotype attributions. It was hypothesized that young children would use stimulus models' sex to a greater extent than the…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Developmental Stages
Coll, Joan H.; Lega, Leonor – 1981
Conceptual level is a personal characteristic that describes persons on a developmental hierarchy of increasing conceptual complexity, self-responsibility, and independence. The relationship between gender and conceptual level was explored in a group of 70 male and 63 female college students. The This I Believe Test (TIB) was administered to…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Cognitive Development
Salili, Farideh; And Others – 1977
This study examines the interactive roles of social, cultural, and cognitive developmental factors in determining children's moral and achievement judgments. A total of 1485 male and female Iranian children/students of diverse social background (ranging in age from 4-18) served as subjects. Subjects were asked to evaluate (reward/punishment) the…
Descriptors: Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development
Petersen, Anne C.; And Others – 1980
This document contains five symposium papers exploring sex differences in cognition. The first paper defines the purposes of the study, i.e., to examine which cognitive performance factors are related to sex differences, and to investigate possible biological, social, and psychological factors affecting developmental sex differences. The second…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development
Peet, Susan H.; Melson, Gail F. – 1991
This study examined the relationship between parents' general beliefs about child development and parents' beliefs regarding their child's performing a hypothetical developmental task with ease or with difficulty. The relation of these beliefs to the children's development was also considered. These relationships were examined separately for…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Beliefs, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Evans, Ellis D.; Engelberg, Ruth A. – 1985
Three dimensions of school children's viewpoints on grades were examined in a developmental framework: (1) sentiment and attitudes about being graded, (2) causal perceptions and attributions about why students get good grades; and (3) comprehension of simple and complex grading systems. A total of 293 boys and girls drawn from fourth through…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Development