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Development of Children's Understanding of Cognitive Activities
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Pillow, Bradford H. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 2008
Children's understanding of cognition increases greatly between early childhood and adolescence. This increase provides a developmental bridge between young children's understanding of mental states to adolescents' and adults' epistemological reflection. The author presents a framework for describing developmental changes in children's…
Descriptors: Young Children, Cognitive Processes, Social Experience, Metacognition
Parental Evaluative History and Selective Recognition of Evaluative Words
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Heilbrun, Alfred B., Jr. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
This study investigated the effects of male college students' social histories upon their selective attention to history-relevant stimuli. (DP)
Descriptors: Attention, Behavior Development, College Students, Males
The Effects of Age and Sex on Infants' Playroom Behavior.
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Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Lewis, Michael – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1979
Reports results of an investigation of the effects of age, sex, and experience with peers on infants' peer-directed behavior. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Infants, Mothers, Peer Relationship
Social Experience and Moral Judgment in East African Young Adults.
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Edwards, Carolyn Pope – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Uses Kohlberg's methods to test three hypotheses in order to relate particular home and school experiences to the cognitive-moral development of Kenyan young adults. (MP)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, College Students, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups