The influence of provocateurs' emotion displays on the social information processing of children varying in social adjustment and age

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A study on the effect of provocateurs' emotion displays on first through fourth graders' social information processing (SIP) is examined. Rating and nomination sociometric techniques are used to identify rejected-aggressive, rejected-nonaggressive, average-nonaggressive and popular-nonaggressive groups.

Aggressiveness (Psychology) in children, Childhood aggressiveness, Social skills, Emotions in children, Childhood emotions

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Rigidity in children's drawings and it relation with representational change

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Procedural rigidity is examined as an explanation of inhibition in altering graphic representations in drawings made by children. Drawings by children 4, 6, and 8 years of age are compared. It is posited that information processing development is key to drawing flexibility.

United Kingdom, Children's drawings, Rigidity (Psychology)

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What children remember about ingroup and outgroup peers: effects of stereotypes on children's processing of information about group members

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The article examines situational and cognitive factors affecting children's information processing regarding social groups, including those to which they belong and those to which they do not. Implications for cultural status and identity are discussed.

Canada, Public affairs, Social aspects, Group identity, Social identity, Peer pressure, Stereotype (Psychology), Stereotypes (Psychology)

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