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LaVoie, Joseph C.; Adams, Gerald R. – 1974
Knowledge about guns and the relation between play with guns and aggressivity was assessed in a group of 5-9 year old children. Each child was questioned about his gun play and his understanding of guns after he was shown a display of two toy and two real guns. This data was then correlated with a teacher rating of aggression for each child.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Attitudes, Behavior Development, Children
Lakin, Musia G. – 1979
A field investigation of 32 groups of communally reared children utilizing 10 categories of group behavior reported group behavior forms and child socialization in groups of toddlers and preschoolers 18 months to 42 months of age. The groups were equally divided (16 each) among "total" and "day care" types and were age-homogeneous. Group forms…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Child Rearing, Collective Settlements
Mischel, Walter; Mischel, Harriet Nerlove – 1979
This paper describes a program of research into children's understanding of psychological principles underlying social behavior. An initial study had indicated that at about 10 years of age children knew many of the basic principles of social behavior and the rules for social control. Two strategies were developed to explore these findings in…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes
White, Elliott – 1979
Political science and its subfields cannot ignore the work being done in two areas of the life sciences: sociobiology and neurobiology. Current theories of political socialization which suggest that society molds the child will be increasingly affected by sociobiological theory which posits that children operate as independent actors in the…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Biological Influences
Huston, Aletha C. – 1982
The literature on children's acquisition of sex-typed knowledge, preference, and behavior is reviewed, and a matrix of sex-typing constructs and sex-typed content areas is offered. Two major themes are discussed. The first theme concerns the importance of activities, interests, and peer associations in the early acquisition of sex-typing…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Childhood Attitudes, Childhood Interests, Children
Evans, Ellis D. – 1981
Recent research about children's early personal-social learning and development is reviewed in relation to three basic psychological questions. The first concerns extent of stability or consistency in stylistic patterns of personal-social behavior across infancy, the preschool years, and the early school years. The second concerns current…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Emotional Development
Inderlied, Sheila Davis – 1979
Some antecedent causes of the resistance or inability of women to set goals are explored. Aspects of socialization and education which determine the decision-making and goal-setting behavior of women in adolescence and in maturity are delineated. The thesis is put forth that political and societal institutions are, to a great extent, responsible…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavioral Objectives, Career Planning, Decision Making
Brophy, Jere – 1982
A thorough and integrated approach to classroom management can enable teachers to prevent most discipline problems and handle those that do occur. Some students, however, may have intensive personal or behavior problems requiring individualized treatment in addition to group management techniques. Many teachers may also want to pursue student…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Modification, Classroom Techniques, Discipline
Bijou, Sidney W. – 1974
Human development from about ages 2 to 5 is presented in terms of the history of a child conceptualized in terms of stimulus and response functions and his interactions in current situations which consist of organismic, physical, and social conditions. The concepts describing the changes that occur during this developmental period, such as…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development
Loye, David – 1975
Psychosocial adaptations are sometimes affected by experiences that are ordinarily considered to be amusements. In 1974, a field study was undertaken by the Program on Psychosocial Adaptation and the Future to determine if it is possible to measure the effect of television on adult viewers. A sample of 260 couples, controlled for demographic…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Commercial Television
Whiting, Beatrice B. – 1974
This paper reviews evidence obtained from an analysis of the behavior of 3 to 11 year olds as observed in natural settings in the six culture study and preliminary findings from observing the behavior of mothers and children in a variety of settings in Kenya. The definition of "modern" includes at least three separate indices--the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Behavior Development, Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies
Sultemeier, Barbara – 1979
To assess sex role development in Mexican-American males, about 40 kindergarten boys from low middle to very low socioeconomic backgrounds were divided into 2 statistical test groups according to whether their fathers were or were not resident in the home. Data were obtained from toy preference scorings, which followed Biller's 1968 measure;…
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Behavior Development, Extended Family, Fatherless Family
Martini, Mary – 1994
This research paper describes various aspects of the 12-day July Festival and period of preparation for it in one valley on the island of 'Ua Pou, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia. This case study is of a well-delineated cultural event which exemplifies many themes presented in "Patterns of Social Interaction and Concepts of…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Standards, Cross Age Teaching, Foreign Countries
Comstock, George; Cobbey, Robin E. – 1978
The children of ethnic minorities appear to have a distinctive pattern in regard to television. The pattern is exemplified by a different orientation toward the medium, by differences in tastes and preferences, by atypical behavioral effects, and by different information needs. Minority children, however, may be presumed to share much about…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Childhood Attitudes
Warnat, Winifred I. – 1978
A constructive, effective, and realistic national educational policy should be established which takes into account the contributions of the household school to individual learning in areas of life roles, feelings, values formation, and behavior development. The adversary relationship between formal educational institutions and the family will be…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Behavior Development, Educational Needs