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Peer reviewedPortner, Doreen Lindsay – Social Work, 1977
The author stresses the importance of speech in personality development and discusses some problems encountered in helping preschoolers in this area. (HMV)
Descriptors: Deafness, Handicapped Children, Personality Development, Self Actualization
DeCaro, Patricia; Emerton, R. Greg – 1978
N. Porter and N. Taylor's written version of the L. Kohlberg moral reasoning questionnaire was administered to 253 students entering The National Technical Institute for the Deaf, and Form A of the Kohlberg interview schedule was used for in-depth interviews of 10 students. Results indicated that more than 80% of the Ss were reasoning at a…
Descriptors: Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments, Higher Education
Belenky, Mary Field – 1984
In this document, one of a series of papers commissioned by Foundations (a development project designed to examine the career development needs of students entering the National Technical Institute for the Deaf), the processes of moral development in persons with hearing impairments are examined. The work of J. Piaget is first reviewed, followed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Individual Development
Peer reviewedLevine, Edna S. – Volta Review, 1976
Discussed are the concept of "the deaf personality" and its associated stereotypes, and reviewed is research disclosing personality differences among groups of profoundly deaf young adults differing in their respective levels of verbal language attainments. (Author/IM)
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Deafness, Exceptional Child Research, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedNorden, Kerstin – American Annals of the Deaf, 1981
Observations showed that the use of signs did not impede the development of speech. Instead it seems to increase the children's skill in lipreading, although the early use of written language may play a part by facilitating the encoding of lip movements. (Author)
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Deafness, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes
Peer reviewedZalewska, Marina – Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association, 1989
Discussed are principles of nonverbal therapy for deaf children with disorders in the development of self, and the possible existence of a relationship between lack of auditory experiences in deaf children and disorders in mother-child bonding. A case study presents a three-year-old deaf boy successfully treated through a nonverbal…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Case Studies, Deafness, Emotional Disturbances
Download full textVestberg, Palle; Johnson, Robert C., Ed. – 1989
The paper reviews research trends and findings on the development of personality in deaf individuals. The first section, "Adolescent and Adult Deaf Personalities," focuses on studies in the psychological literature that tend to promulgate stereotypical views of deaf people by reflecting researcher bias rather than researcher findings.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Development, Child Rearing
KOHL, HERBERT R. – 1966
THE EDUCATION AND ACHIEVEMENT OF THE TOTALLY DEAF IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN SOCIETY WERE DESCRIBED. DISCUSSED IN DETAIL WERE THE FOLLOWING TOPICS--(1) A DESCRIPTIVE MODEL OF DEAF INDIVIDUALS, (2) EDUCATION OF THE DEAF, (3) SIGN LANGUAGE, AND (4) EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE AND CONCEPT FORMATION. THESE DISCUSSIONS SUGGESTED THAT THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Deafness
Norden, K. – 1970
The development of psychological methods for assessing the abilities of deaf students could aid in the formation of educational programs and the provision of vocational guidance. A battery of tests designed to measure a wide range of functions was administered to all eighth grade students, average age 15, in schools for the deaf in Sweden. All…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Ability, Adolescents, Career Guidance
MYKLEBUST, HELMER R. – 1964
INTENDED FOR ADVANCED COURSES IN DEAF EDUCATION, THE TEXT CONSIDERS (1) THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF DEAFNESS, (2) DEAFNESS AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES, (3) LANGUAGE, INCLUDING SPEECH, SPEECHREADING, READING, AND WRITING, AND (4) OTHER HANDICAPS, SPECIAL ABILITIES, AND APTITUDES. THE FOUR AREAS ARE SUBDIVIDED INTO 14 CHAPTERS COVERING THE PROCESS…
Descriptors: Ability, Adjustment (to Environment), Aptitude, Child Development
