Age Trends in the Use of Social and Temporal Comparison for Self-Evaluation: Examination of a Novel Developmental Hypothesis

Child Development

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1054-1073

  Butler, Ruth ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EGO; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RECALL; REINFORCEMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE OF RESULTS (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; REALITY TESTING; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032140052     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1998.tb06160.x     Document Type: Article

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