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Evans, Ellis D. – 1981
Recent research about children's early personal-social learning and development is reviewed in relation to three basic psychological questions. The first concerns extent of stability or consistency in stylistic patterns of personal-social behavior across infancy, the preschool years, and the early school years. The second concerns current…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Emotional Development
NEISWORTH, JOHN T.; SMITH, ROBERT M. – 1965
RESEARCH CONCERNING SENSORY DEPRIVATION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO PERSONALITY VARIABLES AND SUBSEQUENT BEHAVIORAL AND COGNITIVE CHANGES IS REVIEWED. THREE LIMITATIONS OF THE CONGENITALLY BLIND ARE LISTED (1) RESTRICTION IN THE RANGE AND VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES, (2) DEFICITS IN THE ABILITY TO MOVE ABOUT, (3) DEFICITS IN THE CAPACITY TO CONTROL THE…
Descriptors: Blindness, Counselor Role, Creative Development, Creativity
ULIBARRI, HORACIO – 1968
SINCE MANY MEXICAN-AMERICANS ARE VOCATIONALLY UNTRAINED AND FUNCTIONALLY ILLITERATE, THE PROBLEMS RELATED TO THEIR EDUCATION ARE ANALYZED THROUGH EXAMINATION OF EDUCATIONAL NEEDS IN RELATION TO OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS, CITIZENSHIP PARTICIPATION, AND PERSONALITY FACTORS. OCCUPATIONAL SUCCESS IS OFTEN PREVENTED BY A DIRECT CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MEXICAN…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Achievement, Citizen Participation, Cross Cultural Training
FROST, JOE L. – 1967
A STUDY WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTS OF AN ENRICHMENT PROGRAM ON THE INTELLIGENCE SCORES, PERSONALITY, AND SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENT SCORES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. THE SUBJECTS CONSISTED OF 574 CHILDREN, 222 OF WHOM ARE WELFARE RECIPIENTS, IN THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD GRADES IN THREE RURAL ARKANSAS SCHOOLS. ONE SCHOOL, THE…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research
FINDLEY, WARREN G. – 1966
FOURTEEN RESEARCH REPORTS, PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1948 AND 1965, PERTAINING TO DEPARTMENTALIZATION VERSUS GRADED CLASSROOM ORGANIZATION IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARE BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED. (HM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adjustment (to Environment), Departments, Elementary Schools
ERIKSON, ERIK H. – 1966
DISCUSSED IN THIS SERIES OF "NOTES AND QUERIES" ARE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF IDENTITY, PARTICULARLY THE IDENTITY OF THE NEGRO. HELPFUL IN UNDERSTANDING NEGRO IDENTITY IS THE EXPRESSION BY NEGRO AUTHORS OF THEIR NEGATIVE IDENTITY (INVISIBILITY, NAMELESSNESS, AND FACELESSNESS), INTERPRETED HERE AS A DEMAND TO BE HEARD, SEEN, RECOGNIZED, AND FACED AS…
Descriptors: American Culture, Black Culture, Black Mothers, Black Stereotypes
HEIL, LOUIS M. – 1962
THIS STUDY EXPLORED THE CHARACTERISTICS OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER EFFECTIVENESS AND, IN PARTICULAR, TEACHER PERSONALITY SIGNIFICANCE. TO CLARIFY THE CONCEPT OF EFFECTIVE TEACHING, INFORMATION ON THE NATURE OF SPECIFIC KINDS OF TEACHERS WAS SOUGHT. INTERVIEWS AND UNSTRUCTURED OBSERVATIONS OF INSERVICE TEACHERS WERE CONDUCTED. A STUDY WAS ALSO…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Education Majors, Elementary School Teachers, Interviews
Claudy, John G.; And Others – 1979
In a study based on data collected by Project TALENT, only children and individuals from two-child families were compared on a number of outcome variables in order to explore whether, and in what way, only children differ from children with siblings. A sample of 3221 Project TALENT participants who were in either the ninth or twelth grade in 1960…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Cognitive Ability, Comparative Analysis
Brody, Gene H. – 1976
This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association as part of a symposium, "A social learning alternative to structural theories for explaining developmental changes in childrens behavior." This presentation examines the moral development of a child in terms of a social learning approach, and discusses…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Literature Reviews, Measurement Instruments
Rohner, Ronald P. – 1977
Guided by specific theoretical and methodological points of view--the phylogenetic perspective and the universalistic approach respectively--this paper reports on a worldwide study of the antecedents and effects of parental acceptance and rejection. Parental acceptance-rejection theory postulates that rejected children throughout our species share…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect
Konopka, Gisela – Center Quarterly Focus, 1975
The focus of this newsletter is on the findings of a two-year nationwide study of adolescent girls. The study undertook to identify the wide variety of needs, aspirations, and concerns of young women 12- to 18-years old. Nine hundred and twenty women were interviewed in both rural and urban settings, representing a wide range of racial, religious,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Change, Attitudes, Behavior Development
Glenwick, David S. – 1975
Most personality theories of the aging devote insufficient consideration to the social learning transpiring during the aging period and to the dynamics of the interaction between developmental and social forces. Erikson emphasized the formulation of a philosophical verdict on one's earlier experiences. Similarly, in Neugarten's version of the…
Descriptors: Age, Developmental Psychology, Environmental Influences, Interaction Process Analysis
Weatherley, Donald – 1973
Core ideas in the discipline of social psychology are examined in this publication. Social psychology is the study of social behavior based upon individual psychological attributes or personality. An individual's personality can be thought of as inner states of readiness which predispose a person to respond in certain ways in social situations. A…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Learning Theories, Personality, Personality Development
Palmer, James O. – 1970
Five aspects of the psychological assessment of children are considered. First, the hypotheses of assessment are examined, with attention to the role of the scientist-clinician, the nature and the social and personal determinants of development, and the ego as the object assessment. Second, methods of data collection are surveyed, including…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods
Ringelheim, Daniel; And Others – 1968
Five descriptive personality scales evaluating the individual's internal-external orientation were administered to 120 educable mentally handicapped children, 30 each at chronological age levels 9, 11, 13, and 15. Reading and arithmetic achievement tests were also given. Results indicated a significant relationship between three of the personality…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Exceptional Child Research, Individual Characteristics
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