The Development of Perspective Taking: Understanding Differences in Information and Weighting.

Dixon, James A.; Moore, Colleen F.

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ERIC Number: EJ423473

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Development of Perspective Taking: Understanding Differences in Information and Weighting.

Dixon, James A.; Moore, Colleen F.

Child Development, v61 n5 p1502-13 Oct 1990

Examined preschoolers' and second and fifth graders' development of two types of perspective taking: (1) perspective taking based on differences in the information available to two people; and (2) perspective taking based on differences in weighting the same information. (RH)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Ability, Comprehension, Elementary School Students, Grade 2, Grade 5, Individual Development, Individual Differences, Moral Values, Perspective Taking, Preschool Children, Value Judgment

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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