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Browne, Dillon T.; Leckie, George; Prime, Heather; Perlman, Michal; Jenkins, Jennifer M. – Developmental Psychology, 2016
The present study sought to investigate the family, individual, and dyad-specific contributions to observed cognitive sensitivity during family interactions. Moreover, the influence of cumulative risk on sensitivity at the aforementioned levels of the family was examined. Mothers and 2 children per family were observed interacting in a round robin…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Family (Sociological Unit), Sibling Relationship, Siblings
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Walker, Lawrence J.; Gustafson, Paul; Hennig, Karl H. – Developmental Psychology, 2001
This longitudinal study with 62 children and adolescents examined the validity of the consolidation/transition model in the context of moral reasoning development. Results of standard statistical and Bayesian techniques supported the hypotheses regarding cyclical patterns of change and predictors of stage transition, and demonstrated the utility…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis
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Burchinal, Margaret R.; Roberts, Joanne E.; Hooper, Stephen; Zeisel, Susan A. – Developmental Psychology, 2000
Examined analytic methods for describing children's social risk. Found that the individual-risk-variables approach provided better overall prediction of developmental outcomes at a particular age. The risk-factor approach provided good prediction of developmental trajectories with moderate to large sample sizes. The risk-index was useful for…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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Denney, Douglas R.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1973
Results of this study demonstrate that constraint-seeking conceptual strategies can be trained in children as young as 6 years of age. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Developmental Psychology
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Helper, Malcolm M.; Quinlivan, Mary Jeanne – Developmental Psychology, 1973
The relative weakness of sex-role labels as reinforcers, and the disappearance of differential effectiveness of male and female labels at the fourth-grade level would appear to be congruent with Kohlberg's (1966) cognitively based theory of sex-role acquisition. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Data Analysis, Females