Study of personality development.

Abstract

and by assistance of the Work Projects Administration. For further details see Macfarlane (2). In this chapter a statement of objectives, basic points of view ? special hypotheses, data sought, procedures followed, and sample findings is given; it is adapted from an article by the writer (3). 307* Data collected by clinical staff, G.

What Does Research Say about Self-Evaluation?

“…The criteria the child uses in judging himself may be related to standards used in judging classmates or acquaintances. Downloaded by [University of Kentucky Libraries] at 06: 37 15 June 2016 For example, MacFarlane (17) has shown that, in one group of boys, "good at games" is a valuable characteristic in each of the first, third and fifth grades , whereas "quiet, " which was desirable in the first grade, had no prestige value in the fifth grade. By this level " good looking, " not mentioned in the lower grades, is associated with deSirable social-personal status .…”

Life stages in personality: I. Conception to puberty.

“…There can be little doubt that the self-concept during this period, while still substantially shaped by parent opinion, comes increasingly to be shaped by the group. Macfarlane (59) has traced some changes in the most "popular" character over the age range six to eleven years. At the beginning the most liked boy is quiet but a good sport and "ready to take chances."…”

Relation of selected variables to parental acceptance of children

“…Two important interpretations of the origins of the self are the psychoanalytic and the developmental point of view. Macfarlane (39) found that the marital adjustment of parents corre lated more highly and consistently with behavior and personality difficul ties than any other family variable. Baruch (6) found the following items concerning interparental relationship were significantly related to child adjustment: tension over sex, tension over ascendance-submission, tension over lack of consideration, lack of cooperation on the upbringing of the child, inability to talk over differences, tension over insufficient ex pression of affection, tension over friends, tension concerning work and tension over relatives.…”