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Lieberman, Alicia F. – 1993
Noting that parenting a toddler can be both exhilarating and frustrating, this book draws on lifelong research into children's emotional development to provide parents with a better understanding of toddlers' emotional range and how it affects toddler behavior. The 10 chapters and the conclusion cover the following areas: (1) the emotional…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Shatz, Marilyn – 1994
Based on intense observations of one child's development from 1 to 3 years of age, this book describes how children acquire the knowledge they need to become persons. The book has 13 chapters, divided chronologically. Topics covered include: (1) personhood and social identity, and methodological issues; (2) 15-16 months, doing a lot with a little,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comprehension
McCarthy, Maureen A.; Horn, Elaine M. – 1996
This paper reports on a study to investigate measurement of moral reasoning with respect to age. Additional potential influencing factors, including ethnicity, gender, and influence of early environmental factors, also have been included for analysis in this study. Twenty-seven nontraditional students participating in a new student orientation…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Ethical Instruction, Ethnic Groups, Global Approach
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Vitanova, Nadejda – 1995
Using pattern observation, this study examined the relationship between communication in a small group of children and basic parameters of social support (quantity, content, structure, and function of the communication). Researchers observed two separate groups. Subjects were 77 children (54 girls and 23 boys), ages 5-7. Data showed that: (1) when…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Foreign Countries, Intergroup Relations, Interpersonal Competence
Vincent, Philip Fitch – 1994
Many educators seem reluctant to instill in their pupils good habits such as honesty, respect, and truthfulness. This book emphasizes how teachers can create schools in which students practice and exhibit respect and responsibility. Many problems in schools, homes, and society at large, arise from a lack of good character. To develop moral…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethical Instruction
California State Univ., Los Angeles. National Dissemination and Assessment Center. – 1982
The booklet is part of a grade 10-12 social studies series produced for bilingual education. The series consists of six major thematic modules, with four to five booklets in each. The interdisciplinary modules are based on major ideas and designed to help students understand some major human problems and make sound, responsive decisions to improve…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Decision Making, Learning Modules
Caffarella, Rosemary S. – 1992
Theories and models of adult development over the life span provide one of the foundational pieces for gaining a clearer understandings of learning in adulthood. Only recently have adult educators spoken more forcefully about the lack of integrated research on adult women. The purpose of this monograph is to describe those missing female voices as…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Developmental Stages, Females
Evans, Nancy J., Ed.; Wall, Vernon A., Ed. – 1991
This book provides strategies for using what is known about gay, lesbian, and bisexual individuals in a college student affairs setting. These chapters are included: (1) "The Development of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Identities" (Heidi Levine and Nancy J. Evans); (2) "Using Psychosocial Development Theories To Understand and Work…
Descriptors: Bisexuality, Career Counseling, College Students, Colleges
Lifton, Peter D. – 1982
Although psychologists often disagree over the definition, underlying process, and methodology associated with the study of moral development, they agree that differences disappear among individuals possessing a similar type of reasoning. To study individual personality differences among people identified as moral by the theories of Kohlberg,…
Descriptors: College Students, Evaluation Methods, Family Environment, Higher Education
Dras, Stephen R.; And Others – 1983
The relation of moral reasoning to moral behavior has been the subject of a substantial number of empirical studies; it may be more productive to employ a configuration of characteristics to predict moral behavior. To investigate the relation of moral reasoning and personality variables to moral behavior, 74 undergraduates, 30 males and 44…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education
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Budin, Howard R. – Urban Review, 1975
Reports on an observation study of children's tattling behavior in a classroom setting. General conclusion is that in areas in which there was most interaction between children, there was the most tattling to adults and vice versa. The degree to which children are constrained to cooperate is discussed. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Child Development, Classroom Observation Techniques, Developmental Psychology, Interaction Process Analysis
Helmkamp, Jill M. – 1990
Human beings are a delicate balance of mind, body, and spirit, so an imbalance in one domain affects all others. The purpose of this paper is to examine the effects that physical fitness may have on such human characteristics as personality and behavior. A review of the literature reveals that physical fitness is related to, and can affect,…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Counseling Techniques, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Adjustment
Abernathy, Tammy – 1989
This paper outlines a method for meeting the vocational needs of students with mild disabilities and the instructional demands placed on both teacher and student, without sacrificing time devoted to content areas. By manipulating the existing curriculum and environment, educators can cultivate the skills necessary for success in the working world.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Job Skills, Lesson Plans, Mainstreaming
Hurtig, Anita Landau; Petersen, Anne C. – 1982
It has been predicted that, if an androgynous identity represents a higher level of psychosocial functioning, there should be a significant relationship between androgynous sex role identity and high self-esteem. To test this hypothesis, 139 male and female high school seniors completed the Sentence Completion Test of Ego Development, the Bem Sex…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Androgyny, High School Seniors, High Schools
Michaelson, Christina Branzel; And Others – 1982
Results of previous investigations of life satisfaction in the aged have suggested that health, socioeconomic factors, and social interaction are most strongly and consistently related to life satisfaction. However, a great deal of variance in life satisfaction remains unexplained. Men (N=19) and women (N=21) aged 65 years or older were…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Developmental Stages, Gerontology, Life Satisfaction
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