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The Developmental Tasks of Siblingship over the Life Cycle.
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Goetting, Ann – Journal of Marriage and the Family, 1986
Based on a review of research, outlines developmental tasks of siblingship in the United States from a life-cycle perspective. The sibling support bond typically persists throughout the life cycle. Some siblingship tasks are constant and consistent from birth to death, while others stand out as idiosyncratic to the context of the particular life…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Children, Developmental Tasks
Evidence for the Phase Transition from Rule I to Rule II on the Balance Scale Task.
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Jansen, Brenda R. J.; Van der Maas, Han L. J. – Developmental Review, 2001
Two experiments used a formal model of developmental discontinuity derived from catastrophe theory to test whether the transition from Rule I to Rule II on the balance scale task proceeds discontinuously from ages 6 to 10, focusing on five catastrophe flags. Found that bimodality, inaccessible region, hysteresis, and sudden jump were clearly…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Development, Developmental Continuity
Hierarchical Complexity of Tasks Shows the Existence of Developmental Stages.
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Commons, Michael Lamport; Trudeau, Edward James; Stein, Sharon Anne; Richards, Francis Asbury; Krause, Sharon R. – Developmental Review, 1998
Discusses hierarchical complexity of tasks as a way of conceptualizing information in terms of the power required to complete a task, and its implications for developmental psychology and information science. Provides an analytic solution to the definition of developmental stages and allows for the possibility within the science of scaling the…
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Processes, Concept Formation, Definitions
Learning and Development: The Problems of Compatibility, Access, and Induction. Technical Report No. 165.
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Brown, Ann L. – 1980
The current status of conceptions of learning in children is reviewed and some areas of neglect are considered in this paper. The main premise is that although considerable strides have been made in the understanding of the learning process, essential developmental formulations of growth and change have been poorly articulated. It is suggested…
Descriptors: Child Development, Children, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension
On the Boundaries of the Acceleration of the Development of Intelligence.
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Kingma, Johannes; Tomic, Welko – 1996
This paper examines the possibility of accelerating the development of intelligence when applying stringent Piagetian standards to evaluate the effects of short- and long-term intervention or instruction programs. The paper reviews previous Genevan and American research that shows that development can be accelerated by means of only a few…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Developmental Tasks, Early Intervention
Child Development and Intergenerational Programming.
Crites, Marsha S. – Journal of Children in Contemporary Society, 1989
Child development can be fostered through relationships between older adults and children. Children's social isolation resulting from demographic, economic, and social changes can be addressed by means of intergenerational programs. During four developmental stages from infancy to adolescence, older adults can play a significant role in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Development, Child Rearing, Children