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Peer reviewedZivin, Gail – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Seventeen processes in the development of expressive behavior are reviewed and coordinated in a framework that is shown to accommodate current perspectives on expressive behavior development. Works of Ekman, Izard, Lewis and Michalson, and Sroufe are briefly reviewed. Neglected areas of research are indicated and the course of expressive behavior…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Children
Download full textJewell, Paul – 2001
This paper examines whether a morally developed person is one who feels strongly about moral issues, or understands moral issues, or acts ethically when dealing with other people. It argues that the meaning of the term "moral" is concerned with how people ought to treat each other and that studies in morality should deal with the actions…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior, Behavior Development, Children
Peer reviewedStrayer, Janet – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Investigates children's person-by-situation knowledge of probable causes of emotion in self and in others, and compares this to adults' construals. Shows that children can generate contextual explanations for affective states in self and others that are both shared by other children and adults and selectively related to different kinds of…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attribution Theory
Ishimine, Mitsuko – 1987
This study, which focused on the social behavior of 4-year-old children toward peers and adults, investigated relationships of 54 children in California and Japan who were observed for 20 minutes while they were playing in preschool or day care. All their behaviors during the first 30 seconds were observed and written down during the second 30…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Development, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Peer reviewedHuston, Aletha C.; And Others – Child Development, 1986
Examines whether there are sex differences during middle childhood in children's choices to participate in activities differing in level of adult-provided structure; effects of structure on children's compliance, leadership, and recognition seeking directed to adults and to peers; and relation of sex-typed social skills or dispositions and…
Descriptors: Adults, Attribution Theory, Behavior Development, Child Development
Loye, David – 1975
Psychosocial adaptations are sometimes affected by experiences that are ordinarily considered to be amusements. In 1974, a field study was undertaken by the Program on Psychosocial Adaptation and the Future to determine if it is possible to measure the effect of television on adult viewers. A sample of 260 couples, controlled for demographic…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Commercial Television
Gorney, Roderic; And Others – 1976
Psychosocial adaptations are sometimes affected by experiences that are ordinarily considered to be amusements. In 1974, a field study was undertaken by the Program on Psychosocial Adaptation and the Future to determine if it is possible to measure the effect of television on adult viewers. A sample of 260 couples, controlled for demographic…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research
