Children's Descriptions of Peers: A Wernerian Developmental Analysis

Aspects of social reputation and peer relationships in Italian children: A cross-cultural perspective.

“…At the same time, the way in which a child is perceived by his or her age-mates is a function of the age-mates' attributional, social, cognitive, and affective schemas. A great extent of empirical investigations in this area has supported this thesis (Berndt & Heller, 1986;Hymel, 1986;Rogosch & Newcomb, 1989;Scarlett, Press, & Crockett, 1971;Younger & Boyko, 1987;Younger & Daniels, 1992;Younger & Piccinin, 1989;^bunger, Schwartzman, & Ledingham, 1985). Moreover, social reputation has been found to persist over time and, once established, it regulates and modulates human relations, becoming an index of social competence (Morison & Masten, 1991) and creating a clear pattern of sociometric status (Coie, Dodge, & Kupersmidt, 1990;Dodge, 1983).…”

More evidence that cognitive complexity isnotloquacity: A reply to Beatty and Payne

“…In particular, Crockett's RCQ procedure for assessing interpersonal cognitive complexity has repreatedly been shown free from such potentially confounding influences as verbal intelligence, verbal fluency, general intellectual abilities (IQ), grade point average, performance on standardized test such as the SAT, narrative writing skills, and writing speed (e.g. Applegate, Burke, Burleson, Delia, & Kline, 1985;Burleson et al, 1981;Burleson & Rowan, 1985;Crockett, 1965;Delia, 1978;Delia & Crockett, 1973;Hale, 1980;Press, Crockett, and Rosenkrantz, 1969;Scarlett, Press, & Crockett, 1971;Sypher & Applegate, 1982).…”

The development of stereotype content: The use of warmth and competence in assessing social groups

“…On this view, children start out interpreting individuals as globally bad or good and do not differentiate more fine-grained characteristics (e.g., warmth, competence) until later in development. Indeed, past work shows that 5-to 7-year-old children use simpler and more global terms to describe others than do older children (Peevers & Secord, 1973;Scarlett, Press, & Crockett, 1971).…”