Children's Use of Personality Attributions to Predict Other People's Emotional and Behavioral Reactions.

Gnepp, Jackie; Chilamkurti, Chinni

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Publication Date: 1988

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Children's Use of Personality Attributions to Predict Other People's Emotional and Behavioral Reactions.

Gnepp, Jackie; Chilamkurti, Chinni

Child Development, v59 n3 p743-54 Jun 1988

When kindergarten, second grade, fourth grade, and college students listened to stories and were asked to predict and explain the story character's behavioral or emotional reaction to a new event, the use of personality attributions to predict and explain future reactions increased with age. (RH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior, College Students, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education, Emotional Experience, Grade 2, Grade 4, Higher Education, Kindergarten, Performance Factors, Personality Traits, Prediction, Young Children

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Language: English

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