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Infant Temperament and Subject Loss Due to Crying during Operant Conditioning.
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Fagen, Jeffrey W.; And Others – Child Development, 1987
Sixty-five infants (mean age of 111 days) who failed to complete a two-day operant-conditioning task were compared with a stratified random sample of those who did on measures of infant temperament and several demographic characteristics. A discriminant-function analysis was performed. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Demography, Discriminant Analysis, Infants
Metalinguistic Knowledge of Pragmatic Rules in School-Age Children.
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Wilkinson, Louise Cherry; And Others – Child Development, 1984
Production and judgment tasks were used to investigate five- through eight-year-old children's metalinguistic awareness of pragmatic rules concerning direct and indirect requests for action and information. Results showed several effects for age of child and for type of request. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Discriminant Analysis, Elementary Education, Metacognition
The Ability of Personality Variables in Discriminating Among Three Intellectual Groups of Preadolescent Boys and Girls
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Kirkendall, Don R.; Ismail, A. H. – Child Development, 1970
Descriptors: Discriminant Analysis, Elementary School Students, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Characteristics
The Curiosity Dimension of Fifth-Grade Children: A Factorial Discriminant Analysis
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Maw, Wallace H.; Magoon, A. Jon – Child Development, 1971
Findings suggest that, if curiosity is to be developed meaningfully in the schools, affective development must be fostered at the same time that cognitive skills are taught. (Authors)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Curiosity, Discriminant Analysis
Prediction of Developmental Outcome at Seven Years From Prenatal, Perinatal, and Postnatal Events
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Smith, A. C.; And Others – Child Development, 1972
Specific aim of the study was to determine the predictive accuracy of selected observations obtained during developmental periods on later developmental outcome. (Authors)
Descriptors: Child Development, Discriminant Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Physiology