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Siblings, Birth Order, and Cooperative-Competitive Social Behavior: A Comparison of Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children.
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Knight, George P.; Kagan, Spencer – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1982
Tested the hypothesis that differences in cooperative-competitive social behavior between Anglo-Americans and Mexican Americans is a result of larger family size among the latter group. Found that, even after controlling for number of siblings and birth order, statistically significant differences in such behavior remained between the two groups.…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Birth Order, Children, Competition
Development of Social Motives in Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children
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McClintock, Charles G. – Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1974
The choice behaviors of Mexican American and Anglo American children in a maximizing difference game were compared to study the development of social motives. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: Achievement, Anglo Americans, Comparative Analysis, Competition
The Effects of Real-World Status and Manipulated Status on the Self-Esteem and Social Competition of Anglo-Americans and Mexican-Americans.
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Bohon, Lisa M.; And Others – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1993
Experimental design studied global and componential self-esteem. Perceived ethnic status was manipulated among 132 Anglo- and Mexican-American college students. For both groups, those in the high-status condition showed higher overall self-esteem and higher social competitiveness. Compared to Anglos, Mexican-Americans showed lower social-power…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Beliefs, College Students, Competition
Cooperation and Competition of Mexican, Mexican-American, and Anglo-American Children of Two Ages under Four Instructional Sets
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Kagan, Spencer; Madsen, Millard C. – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior Patterns, Competition, Cooperation
Cooperative, Trusting Behavior as a Function of Ethnic Group Similarity-Dissimilarity and of Immediate and Delayed Reward in a Two-Person Game. Part of the Final Report.
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Manning, Brad A.; And Others – 1968
One hundred and thirty-six 5- and 6-year-olds participated in this study, which investigated the extent to which cooperative, trusting behavior could be demonstrated between Mexican-American, Negro, and Anglo-American children. Also considered were some of the basic variables which were important in the development of such behavior. Similar and…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Competition
Cooperative-Competitive Social Orientation and School Achievement among Anglo-American and Mexican-American Children.
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Knight, George P.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1982
The relative influence of cooperative-competitive social orientation on school achievement for Anglo-American and Mexican-American children was assessed. The importance of competitiveness for Anglo-American children and the moderate relationship of other personality variables to achievement in both groups is shown. (Author/CM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anglo Americans, Cognitive Style, Competition
Cultural Differences in Individualism? Just Artifact.
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Kagan, Spencer; Zahn, G. Lawrence – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 1983
To test possible cultural differences in strength of individualistic motivation and explore reliability of different individualism measures, two individualism measures were administered to 476 Anglo American, 156 Mexican American, and 101 Black children, aged six to 12. Results indicated age but not cultural differences in strength of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anglo Americans, Blacks, Competition