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Maturation of Values in Young Children
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Guilford, Joan S. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
This study investigated the developmental trends in the personal values systems of elementary school students. The Values Inventory for Children was used as the measurement basis. (DP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Personality Development
A Definitive Second Order Factor Analysis of The Personality Structure in High School Age Children
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Burdsal, C. A.; Cattell, R. B. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
Second order personality factors (those that do not appear in children) were investigated in male and female high school students. Two forms of the high School Personality Questionnaire were used as the basis of the study. (DP)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, High School Students, Personality Development, Personality Measures
Developmental Aspects of Sexuality and Aggression
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Pollack, Donald; Valdez, Hilary – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
Personality traits (aspects of aggression and sexuality) were measured for 70 Anglo-American and 70 Mexican-American children. Discussion concerns differences between the groups and developmental patterns. (DP)
Descriptors: Aggression, Elementary School Students, Individual Characteristics, Mexican Americans
A Five-Year Follow-Up Study of the Self-Concept of Creative Adolescents
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Schaefer, Charles E. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
Descriptors: Adolescents, Creativity, Followup Studies, Personality Development
Achievement in Relation to Locus of Control: Identification of a New Source
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Nowicki, Stephen Jr.; Walker, Charlotte – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
It was predicted and found that social desirability was a significant mediator of locus of control-achievement relation for females. Results were interpreted within a cultural role model theory. (ST)
Descriptors: Achievement, Elementary School Students, Locus of Control, Personality Development
Emerging Selfhood and Cognitive Development
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Koocher, Gerald P. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1974
This study was designed to provide empirical support for viewing personality development from a cognitive framework. With controls established for IQ and socioeconomic status, 75 children between 6 and 15 years old were classified by level of cognitive functioning according to Piaget's system. (CS)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Intelligence Quotient, Personality Development
The Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Self-Reinforcement, and the Internal-External Personality Dimension
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Heaton, Ronald C.; Duerfeldt, Pryse H. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1973
The personality constructs of self-esteem, self-reinforcement, and locus of control were found to be related in a sample of college students. (ST)
Descriptors: College Students, Locus of Control, Motivation, Personality Development
Objective and subjective responsibility in moral judgment as a function of enactment of role polarities
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Vikan, Arne – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1976
This study tested the hypothesis that objective and subjective responsibility responses in moral judgment may be formally equal forms of cognitive organization. Results showed that subjects acting as offenders gave subjective responsibility responses; the same subjects acting as offended gave objective responsibility responses. Thus, subjects'…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Education, Moral Development
Sibling Influence on Sex-Role Preference of Young Children
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Bigner, Jerry J. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972
It Scale performance of second-born Ss appeared to reflect the influence of the sex of the older sibling. Age-spacing between siblings did not appear to influence sex-role preference, except for males who had an older sister. (Author)
Descriptors: Birth Order, Measurement Instruments, Observational Learning, Personality Development
Factors affecting accuracy of perception on a task requiring the ability to identify viewpoints
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Eliot, John; Dayton, C. Mitchell – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1976
This study was undertaken to determine the relative contribution of age, sex, and three stimulus features (board shape, block arrangement, and block shape) to perceptual accuracy on 39 board/block adaptations of Piaget's three-mountain task. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Egocentrism