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Peer reviewedRam, Avigail; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 2001
Observed in a laboratory setting how dyads, ages 4 and 6 years or 6 and 8 years, negotiated division of toys. Found that children used a preponderance of constructive problem-solving strategies rather than contentious tactics. Degree of conflict of interests and quality of sibling relationships predicted use of problem-solving and contentious…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Conflict Resolution, Predictor Variables
Peer reviewedPepler, Debra J.; Ross, Hildy S. – Child Development, 1981
Two experiments were conducted to examine behaviors that characterize play with convergent and divergent materials and the effects of play on convergent and divergent problem solving among 64 3- and 4-year-olds. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Convergent Thinking, Divergent Thinking, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries
