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Wozniak, Robert H. – American Psychologist, 2009
James Mark Baldwin is one of the most important and least known early American scientific psychologists. Drawing inspiration from Charles Darwin and other evolutionists of the period, Baldwin developed a biosocial theory of psychological development that influenced both Jean Piaget and Lev S. Vygotsky; and he proposed a mechanism relating learned…
Descriptors: Heredity, Psychologists, Piagetian Theory, Developmental Psychology
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Kagan, Jerome – American Psychologist, 1989
Research with young Caucasian children found that, in response to unfamiliar situations, about 15 percent were consistently shy or inhibited, while another 15 percent were consistently sociable or uninhibited, and that these traits persisted through age eight. Both physiological and environmental factors were found to influence these temperamental…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Biological Influences, Family Environment, Individual Development
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Slaughter-Defoe, Diana T. – American Psychologist, 1995
Argues the importance of context to the description, theory, and understanding of human behavior because it influences children's primary group relations with family members, teachers, and peers. The article explains that, to be useful for children, social policies must inform the public on how its projected changes will influence socialization…
Descriptors: Children, Context Effect, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Structure