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Reyes-Lagunes, Isabel; And Others – Human Development, 1979
Reports on the findings of a comparative study of mental abilities of Mexican and American children. Discusses age, sex, social class, and urban-rural differences, as well as cultural differences. (SS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cross Cultural Studies
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Pellegrini, David S. – Child Development, 1985
Evaluates fourth-to seventh-grade children on two aspects of social cognition: interpersonal understanding and means-ends problem-solving ability. Relates the two variables to sex, age, IQ, social class, and multiple dimensions of competence. Both variables significantly correlated with I.Q. while interpersonal understanding also correlated with…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Elementary Education, Empathy
VAN EGMOND, ELMER; ZANDER, ALVIN – 1957
THE EFFECTS OF TWO DETERMINANTS, INTELLIGENCE AND DEGREE OF A PERSON'S SOCIAL POWER, WHICH AFFECT SOCIAL RELATIONS WERE EXAMINED IN THIS STUDY. THE LATTER REFERS TO THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE BEHAVIOR AND BELIEFS OF OTHERS. THE OVERALL OBJECTIVE WAS TO DESCRIBE AND EXPLAIN CAUSES FOR THE TYPES AND CHARACTERISTICS USED BY CHILDREN WITH DIFFERENT…
Descriptors: Children, Classroom Environment, Females, Group Testing
Baughman, E. Earl; Dahlstrom, W. Grant – 1968
Literature relative to the economically disadvantaged and their personal characteristics has, to a great extent, centered on urban dwellers in recent years. The research reported in this book grew out of the belief that the impoverished in the rural areas no less than those in the city deserve serious attention. The research involved utilized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Black Youth, Children