The Journal of Experimental Child Psychology is an excellent source of information concerning all aspects of the development of children. It includes empirical psychological research on cognitive, social/emotional, and physical development. In addition, the journal periodically publishes Special Topic issues.
It's a common movie scene: A teacher walks into a mess and yells at the innocent child while the guilty one, with the face of an angel, stands silently nearby.
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The Colavita visual dominance effect is a psychological observation named after Francis B. Colavita, the psychologist who first gathered evidence of its existence in 1974. Colavita observed that when human adults are presented ...
Children determine emotion by what they hear, rather than what they see, according to new research.
Jan 26, 2021
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The biases individuals harbor against people they see as physically dirty emerge in children as young as five years old and persist into adulthood, according to a new study by researchers from Boston College and Franklin ...
Apr 28, 2020
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From birth, we acquire information and learn through interacting with others; that is why it is so important to be able to identify the most suitable individuals to interact with. To interact with others, it is important ...
Mar 31, 2020
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Have you ever received an unexpected kindness? A stranger in the car ahead of you paid your highway toll. Or a kind consumer picked up your tab at Starbucks. These actions can set off a chain reaction of kindness, as you ...
Feb 24, 2020
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Children may learn new words better when they learn them in the context of other words they are just learning—according to new research from the University of East Anglia.
Oct 29, 2019
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"If you don't behave, I'll call the police," is a lie that parents might use to get their young children to behave. Parents' lies elicit compliance in the short term, but a new psychology study led by Nanyang Technological ...
Oct 02, 2019
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Five-year-olds enforce reciprocal behavior in social interactions. A study by LMU psychologists shows that children come to recognize reciprocity as a norm between the ages of three and five.
Sep 18, 2019
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Toddlers are surprisingly good at processing the speech of other young children, according to a new study. And toddlers who have more exposure to other children, such as those in daycare, may be particularly good at certain ...
Jul 10, 2019
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