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Giambra, Leonard M. – Gerontologist, 1977
The tendency of more than 1100 males and females aged 17-92 to daydream about the past, present, and future was determined. Contrary to common belief, no linear relation between age and daydreaming about the past was observed, and all temporal orientations were of near equal strength at all ages. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Processes, Gerontology
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Laner, Mary Riege; Housker, Steve L. – Journal of Family Issues, 1980
Samples (N=2) of older and samples (N=2) of younger adult respondents, surveyed in 1972 and in 1978 with regard to permissiveness toward specific sexual behaviors, revealed considerable, but not complete, attitudinal similarity between men and women in all groups and increased permissiveness toward nonmarital sexual behaviors among older adults.…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Older Adults, Sexuality
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Goldman, Amy P.; Everett, Frances – Child Study Journal, 1985
Investigated time conceptualizations and delay of gratification capacities of 64 6- to 10-year-olds identified as impulsive or reflective according to performance on Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test. They were administered a maintenance of delay of gratification task, a time concept questionnaire, and several measures of temporal perspective…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Children, Cognitive Processes
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Olweus, Dan – Psychological Bulletin, 1979
Reviewed are longitudinal studies of aggressive behavior and reaction patterns in three groups of males (preschool children, school-age children and adults), as observed or inferred by individuals other than the subjects themselves. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior
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Rholes, William S.; Ruble, Diane N. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the implications of temporal separation for children's developmental differences in inferences drawn about an individual's characteristics after observing multiple instances of that individual's behavior. Also tests two competing hypotheses about how young children process information separated in time. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development