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Peer reviewedLempers, J.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1987
Compares gifted preschool boys and girls with both a CA (Chronological Age)-matched group and an MA (Mental Age)-matched group on their performance on a spatial projective task, a cognitive perspective-taking task, and an affective perspective-taking task. The data seem to support the hypothesis that psychometric brightness implies cognitive…
Descriptors: Children, Chronological Age, Intelligence Quotient, Mental Age
Peer reviewedLoveland, Katherine A. – Child Development, 1987
Exploratory behaviors of Down Syndrome and nondelayed young children between the mental ages of 16 and 32 months were examined in four situations in which they tried to find things which they saw reflected in a mirror. Down Syndrome and nondelayed children differed in number, type, and frequency of exploratory behaviors. (PCB)
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Downs Syndrome, Exploratory Behavior
Peer reviewedQuay, Lorene C.; Jarrett, Olga S. – Developmental Psychology, 1984
Evaluates the relative contribution of a number of child characteristics to the prediction of social acceptance. Predictor variables included positive social interactions, occupied behavior when not interacting, mental age, chronological age, and sex. Results supported the efficacy of helping social isolates to interact positively with peers.…
Descriptors: Chronological Age, Individual Characteristics, Mental Age, Peer Relationship
Zucker, Kenneth J.; Yoannidis, Tom – 1983
The relationship between preschool children's level of gender understanding and their ability to identify gender-linked attributes was examined. Participants were 26 3-year-old and 30 4-year-old children who were administered a single-cue gender labelling task, Slaby and Frey's (1975) gender constancy test, and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Cues, Foreign Countries
