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Skinner, Ellen A.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
A new action-theoretical conceptualization was used to study developmental differences in children's generalized perceived control. Cross-sectional age differences in control beliefs, means-ends beliefs, and agency beliefs about school performance and friendship were studied in 240 boys and girls between 7 and 12 years of age. (RH)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Beliefs, Childhood Attitudes, Children
Keller, Monika; Hoppe-Graff, Siegfried – 1987
In his conceptualization of the developmental course of interpersonal understanding, Selman (1980) specifies a set of issues which are central to the concept. For each issue, he assumes that development proceeds through an ordered sequence of ontogenetic levels and that developmental progress has a high degree of inter-issue consistency. In…
Descriptors: Children, Concept Formation, Foreign Countries, Friendship
Trautner, Hanns Martin – 1985
Following an outline of the theoretical approach and method of a study of components of sex role development among German children, results which concern ontogenetic changes in sex role stereotypes preferences are presented. In addition, interrelations of different components of sex role development and cognitive variables are analyzed. The…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Ability, Cross Sectional Studies