Fuchs, Lynn S Geary, David C Compton, Donald L Fuchs, Douglas Hamlett, Carol L Seethaler, Pamela M Bryant, Joan D Schatschneider, Christopher
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Developmental psychology
The purpose of this study was to examine the interplay between basic numerical cognition and domain-general abilities (such as working memory) in explaining school mathematics learning. First graders (N = 280; mean age = 5.77 years) were assessed on 2 types of basic numerical cognition, 8 domain-general abilities, procedural calculations, and word ...
Bernard, Kristin Dozier, Mary
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Developmental psychology
Cortisol is a hormone involved in mounting a stress response in humans. The evidence of stress reactivity among young children has been mixed, however. In the present study, the order of two laboratory tasks (i.e., Strange Situation and play) was counterbalanced, and home saliva samples were obtained. Saliva samples were also collected upon the chi...
Li, Jin Yamamoto, Yoko Luo, Lily Batchelor, Andrea K Bresnahan, Richard M
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Developmental psychology
The developing views of the purposes of school learning (PSLs) and related achievement among immigrant Chinese preschoolers and their European American (EA) age-mates were examined. Both culture and socioeconomic status (SES) were considered simultaneously, an often neglected research approach to studying Asian children. One hundred and fifty 4-yea...
Hooper, Stephen R Roberts, Joanne Sideris, John Burchinal, Margaret Zeisel, Susan
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Developmental psychology
This study's primary purpose was to examine the relative contribution of social-behavioral predictors to reading and math skills. The study expands on Duncan et al.'s (2007) work by using longitudinal methodology from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development's Study of Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) and the Early Chil...
Dupere, Veronique Leventhal, Tama Crosnoe, Robert Dion, Eric
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Developmental psychology
The goal of this study was to examine the mechanisms underlying associations between neighborhood socioeconomic advantage and children's achievement trajectories between ages 54 months and 15 years. Results of hierarchical linear growth models based on a diverse sample of 1,364 children indicate that neighborhood socioeconomic advantage was nonline...
Pempek, Tiffany A Kirkorian, Heather L Richards, John E Anderson, Daniel R Lund, Anne F Stevens, Michael
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Developmental psychology
Earlier research established that preschool children pay less attention to television that is sequentially or linguistically incomprehensible. The authors of this study determined the youngest age for which this effect can be found. One hundred and three 6-, 12-, 18-, and 24-month-olds' looking and heart rate were recorded while they watched Teletu...
Diehl, Manfred Hay, Elizabeth L
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Developmental psychology
This study observed young, middle-aged, and older adults (N = 239; Mage = 49.6 years; range = 18-89 years) for 30 consecutive days to examine the association between daily stress and negative affect, taking into account potential risk (i.e., self-concept incoherence) and resilience (i.e., age, perceived personal control) factors. Results indicated ...
Clark, Caron A C Pritchard, Verena E Woodward, Lianne J
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Developmental psychology
Impairments in executive function have been documented in school-age children with mathematical learning difficulties. However, the utility and specificity of preschool executive function abilities in predicting later mathematical achievement are poorly understood. This study examined linkages between children's developing executive function abilit...
Pohl, Rüdiger F Bayen, Ute J Martin, Claudia
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Developmental psychology
In hindsight, that is, after receiving the correct answers to difficult questions, people's recall of their own prior answers tends to be biased toward the correct answers. We tested 139 participants from 3 age groups (9- and 12-year-olds and adults) in a hindsight-bias paradigm and found that all groups showed hindsight bias. Multinomial model-bas...
Halligan, Sarah L Philips, Katherine J
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Developmental psychology
A bias toward attributing hostile intent to others has been linked to aggression. In an adolescent sample, the question of whether peer group homophily exists in the tendency toward attributing hostile intent was investigated. Hostile attribution tendencies and self-reported aggressive behaviors were assessed in a normative sample of 910 adolescent...
