Persuasive Strategies Used by Preschool Children.

Weiss, Deborah M.; Sachs, Jacqueline

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ERIC Number: EJ429686

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1991

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Persuasive Strategies Used by Preschool Children.

Weiss, Deborah M.; Sachs, Jacqueline

Discourse Processes, v14 n1 p55-72 Jan-Mar 1991

Explores the kinds of persuasion used by preschool children in two role-playing tasks. Finds that children role played effectively and persistently, with Bargains and Guarantees the most frequently used strategies. Finds that the choice of strategies changed with age (more Positive Sanction, less Assertion) and with sex (boys used more Norm Invocation, girls more Requests). (SR)

Descriptors: Communication Research, Discourse Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Persuasive Discourse, Preschool Education, Role Playing, Sex Differences, Speech Communication, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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