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Most Fare Well--But Some Do Not: Distinct Profiles of Mood Variability Development and Their Association with Adjustment during Adolescence
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Maciejewski, Dominique F.; Keijsers, Loes; van Lier, Pol A. C.; Branje, Susan J. T.; Meeus, Wim H. J.; Koot, Hans M. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
One particular developmental task during adolescence is to regulate fluctuating moods to successfully transition through this period. The aim of this person-centered study was to identify distinct developmental trajectories of adolescent mood variability and to compare adolescents in different trajectories on changes in depressive symptoms,…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Emotional Adjustment, Developmental Tasks, Depression (Psychology)
Developmental Change in Social Responsibility during Adolescence: An Ecological Perspective
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Wray-Lake, Laura; Syvertsen, Amy K.; Flanagan, Constance A. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
Social responsibility can be defined as a set of prosocial values representing personal commitments to contribute to community and society. Little is known about developmental change--and predictors of that change--in social responsibility during adolescence. The present study used an accelerated longitudinal research design to investigate the…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Adolescent Development, Longitudinal Studies, Social Responsibility
Dimensional Salience and Identification of the Relevant Dimension in Problem Solving: A Developmental Study
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Odom, Richard D.; Mumbauer, Corinne C. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Processes, Color, Concept Formation
Development of Attentional and Oculomotor Control
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Kramer, Arthur F.; Gonzalez de Sather, Jessica C. M.; Cassavaugh, Nicholas D. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
The present study was conducted to examine the development of attentional and oculomotor control. More specifically, the authors were interested in the development of the ability to inhibit an incorrect but prepotent response to a salient distractor. Participants, who ranged in age from 8 to 25 years, performed 3 different eye movement tasks: a…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Attention Control, Testing, Developmental Tasks
Development of Means-End Behavior in Young Infants: Pulling a Support To Retrieve a Distant Object.
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Willatts, Peter – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Three longitudinal studies examined means-ends behavior of 6- to 8-month olds. Found that intentional means-end behavior increased between 6 and 7 months, with 7-month olds' performance influenced by the presence of a toy on the cloth. Performance was the same when cloth was attached to or separate from the toy. By 8 months, infants adjusted…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Tasks
Stability and Change in Longitudinal Water-Level Task Performance.
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Thomas, Hoben; Lohaus, Arnold; Kessler, Thomas – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Three samples of 8- to 16-year olds were assessed three times at yearly intervals on eight water-level items. Within-child change over age was viewed as stochastic process of the child changing or remaining in one of three latent strategy states. Although there was improvement in task performance over age, the general finding was that strategy…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development
Cognitive Development and Role-Taking Ability in Boys and Girls from 7 to 12
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Turnure, Cynthia – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Investigated the general relationship between children's performance on social and physical measures of cognitive functioning, possible sex differences in performance on the two types of tasks, and the relationship between boys' and girls' performances on these tasks and age and IQ. (SDH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Tasks
Task Switching Across the Life Span: Effects of Age on General and Specific Switch Costs
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Reimers, Stian; Maylor, Elizabeth A. – Developmental Psychology, 2005
The authors investigated age-related changes in executive control using an Internet-based task-switching experiment with 5,271 participants between the ages of 10 and 66 years. Speeded face categorization was required on the basis of gender (G) or emotion (E) in single task blocks (GGG... and EEE...) or switching blocks (GGEEGGEE...). General…
Descriptors: Puberty, Gender Differences, Psychological Patterns, Age Differences