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Smith, J. David; Nelson, Deborah G. Kemler – Child Development, 1988
This study contrasted two possible relations between reflection-impulsivity and analytic or holistic modes of processing. Although impulsive children were more holistic in the classification task, they made more errors than reflectives on matching tests, regardless of whether the content favored holistic processing. (RH)
Descriptors: Children, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Conceptual Tempo
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Hubert, Nancy C.; Wachs, Theodore D. – Child Development, 1985
When 96 mothers and 46 fathers of 6- or 13-month-old infants independently generated behavioral cues they believed contributed to their perception of their infant's recent easiness/difficultness, few systematic differences were found between easy and difficult infants, 6- and 13-month-olds, males and females, and firstborn and later-born.…
Descriptors: Classification, Cues, Definitions, Fathers
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Weiss, Laura H.; Schwarz, J. Conrad – Child Development, 1996
Examined the relations between parents' child-rearing style and their older adolescent children's behavior with a sample of 178 college students and their families. Found that students from Nondirective homes had significantly higher SAT scores than students from Authoritarian-Directive and Democratic homes. Students from Unengaged homes had the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Child Rearing, Classification