Thinking about Parenting: Reasoning about Developmental Issues across the Life Span.

Pratt, Michael W.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1993

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Thinking about Parenting: Reasoning about Developmental Issues across the Life Span.

Pratt, Michael W.; And Others

Developmental Psychology, v29 n3 p585-95 May 1993

Reports three studies which (1) investigated children's and adults' concepts of development (COD); (2) observed parents' tutoring their fifth-grade children; and (3) interviewed adults in three age groups about parenting dilemmas. In each study, COD scores were obtained. Results of all studies showed that subjects' stage of COD reasoning was related to their scores on measures of reasoning sophistication. (MM)

Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Child Rearing, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Style, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Older Adults, Thinking Skills, Young Adults

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Canada

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