Predicting Preschoolers' Peer Behavior and Status from Their Interpersonal Strategies: A Comparison of Verbal and Enactive Responses to Hypothetical Social Dilemmas.

Mize, Jacquelyn; Ladd, Gary W.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Predicting Preschoolers' Peer Behavior and Status from Their Interpersonal Strategies: A Comparison of Verbal and Enactive Responses to Hypothetical Social Dilemmas.

Mize, Jacquelyn; Ladd, Gary W.

Developmental Psychology, v24 n6 p782-88 Nov 1988

Findings provide tentative support for the hypothesis that strategy information derived from enactive interviews is more predictive of children's behavior in peer situations than is information derived from the verbal interview method. This suggests that preschool children automatically access cognitive scripts for behavior in social interactions. (RH)

Descriptors: Assertiveness, Comparative Analysis, Interpersonal Competence, Peer Acceptance, Prediction, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Puppetry, Research Methodology, Social Behavior, Verbal Stimuli

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