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Savishinsky, J. S. – Human Development, 1974
Suggests that persons concerned with personality formation might profit from an examination of the relationship between people and the domesticated animals they maintain. The Hare Indians in the Northwest Territories of Canada are discussed. (JMB)
Descriptors: Animal Caretakers, Child Rearing, Personality Development, Sex Discrimination
Mussen, Paul; Beytagh, Luz A. Maldonado – J Genet Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Early Experience, Family Relationship, Industrialization

McBride Kipnis, D. – Human Development, 1974
Concepts of inner direction and of other direction are related to sex differences in correlates and antecedents of achievement motivation and behavior. (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Behavior Theories, Child Rearing, Motivation

Devereux, Edward C.; And Others – Child Development, 1974
Six hundred preadolescents, half from kibbutzin and half from classrooms in Tel Aviv, were asked to describe the frequency of certain socializing behaviors of their parents, peers, teachers, and caregivers. Implications for personality development are discussed. (ST)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Discipline, Elementary School Students, Parent Child Relationship

Witkin, Herman A. – Human Development, 1979
Summarizes the theory of psychological differentiation and reviews recent cross-cultural research on the roles of child rearing, culture, and ecology in the development of individual, group, and sex differences in the field dependence-field independence cognitive style component of psychological differentiation. (SS)
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Cross Cultural Studies
Keller, Barbara Bledsoe; Bell, Richard Q. – 1978
The possibility that child behavior could affect parental choice of socialization technique was examined. Girls, age nine, (N=3) were trained to act high and low in person-orientation, and served as confederates. Female college students (N-24), who were unaware that the children were trained, each participated in one session. Results demonstrated…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Developmental Psychology, Human Relations
Rowe, David C. – 1994
This book examines socialization science, which is the empirical effort to understand how children acquire traits from their families and cultures. This work proposes that one part of the family influence process--broad differences in family environments, except for those that are neglectful, abusive, or without opportunity--may exert little…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Children, Context Effect, Environmental Influences

Hinde, Robert A. – Child Development, 1991
Comments on Belsky, Steinberg, and Draper's article in this issue. Offers three likely reasons for adaptation of human behavior. Argues that Belsky, et al. use only two of these reasons in their proposed evolutionary theory of socialization. Suggests that an evolutionary approach is useful if it integrates diverse facts, aids clinical practice,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Child Development
Schneewind, Klaus A. – 1975
Family socialization patterns were examined from the viewpoint of the child and the parent in terms of parental socialization practices, attitudes, and goals. Questionnaires were developed and used to collect data on the parents of about 1,300 families and the children (7-13 years old) of approximately 400 families in West Germany. Results of…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Elementary Education, Family Environment, Intelligence
Eiduson, Bernice T. – 1976
This paper discusses the differences between the one-child family and the family with more than one child in terms of the effects or possible effects on the child. Longitudinal studies of 200 children being followed from birth through age 5 (one-third of whom are only children, two-thirds, second children, were used as a data base, along with a…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Early Childhood Education, Emotional Development
Vaughan, Jerry L. – 1984
This discussion argues that two approaches are helpful in reconciling the dissonance and conflict between attitudes and behavior in families, that results from faulty expectations in childrearing processes. One such approach is to change attitudes so they conform to actual behavior. An alternative approach is to change behavioral patterns to make…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Influences, Family Life
Alexander, Theron – 1969
In a discussion of psychological development separate sections are devoted to (1) biological and cultural influences on development, (2) development in infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence, (3) physiological foundations of behavior, (4) motivation and cognitive development, (5) intellectual development, (6) imagination and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Behavior Development, Biological Influences

Block, Jeanne H. – Child Development, 1983
The sex-differentiated socialization emphases of parents and other representatives of societal institutions are considered as they influence personality development and behavioral orientations. Such emphases, shaping behaviors, and teaching styles are evaluated with regard to the nature of "meta-messages" conveyed to children. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Achievement, Aggression, Anxiety, Child Rearing
Forssen, Anja – 1979
The manner in which the traditional way of life and the traditional rituals of the Zaramo of Tanzania affect the personality development of Zaramo children and individuals in general was the focus of this preliminary study for an envisioned longitudinal program of research. Data was gathered during 1970 and 1974 in a typical traditional rural…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Rearing, Children, Dance
Newberger, Eli H. – 1999
Noting that characteristics such as attachment, honesty, self control, sportsmanship, generosity, and courage may be nurtured or thwarted by parents, teachers, or society, this book examines the roots of male character from birth to late adolescence. It maintains that particular intrinsic biological drives combine with parenting styles and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Rearing, Children
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