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Merrill-Palmer Quarterly archives from July 1998
Limiting the Limits on Domains: A Commentary on Fowler and Heteronomy.
July 1, 1998... In this commentary, we take issue both with Fowler's reading of Piaget and with his characterization of research from the social domain perspective. His analysis of Piaget is selective and focuses only on the dimensions of objective...
PRETTY is to DRESS as BRAVE is to SUITCOAT: Gender-Based Property-to-Property Inferences by 4-1/2-Year-Old Children.
July 1, 1998... In two experiments, 4-1/2-year-old children made inferences about the likely appearance of a target figure based on information about the figure's occupation or a trait of its personality. When gender-category information was not made explicit...
Limiting the Domain Account of Early Moral Judgment by Challenging Its Critique of Piaget.
July 1, 1998... The purpose of this essay is to limit two aspects of domain theory's account of early moral judgment via its critique of Piaget's theory. First, many domain findings are not contradictions of Piaget's work because they are predicted by...
Adolescent Friendship Networks: Continuity and Change Over the School Year.
July 1, 1998... Continuity and change were assessed at multiple levels of adolescent friendship networks over the school year. Middle and high school students from two school systems nominated their close friends in fall and spring. Using these nominations...
Toddlers' Intermodal and Verbal Knowledge About Gender.
July 1, 1998... Toddlers' intermodal and verbal knowledge about gender was examined in two experiments. In the first, 18-month-olds were presented with photos of adult male and female faces paired with a female or male voice, or with the labels lady and man....
"He Forgot": Young Children's Use of Cognitive Explanations for Another Person's Mistakes.
July 1, 1998... Children, ages 4 and 5 years, and adults were asked (a) to explain a story character's incorrect search for a desired object, and (b) to explain the source of the character's ignorance or false belief concerning the object's true location. The...
Siblings' Reports of Conflict and the Quality of Their Relationships.
July 1, 1998... Associations were investigated between type of conflict resolution strategies (constructive vs. destructive) reported by siblings and relationship qualities, as well as the congruence between siblings' perceptions. Fifth- and sixth-grade...
Free Play Use of Space by Preschoolers From Diverse Backgrounds: Factors Influencing Activity Choices.
July 1, 1998... Analyses were made of the location and quality of free play of 244 3- to 5-year-olds from 6 different preschool and day-care centers. Although socioeconomic status and ethnicity were confounded with amount of space and the range of choices...