{"title":"Parents spontaneously scaffold the formation of conversational pacts with their children.","authors":"Ashley Leung, Daniel Yurovsky, Robert D Hawkins","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14186","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Adults readily coordinate on temporary pacts about how to refer to things in conversation. Young children are also capable of forming pacts with peers given appropriate experimenter intervention. Here, we investigate whether parents may spontaneously provide a similar kind of scaffolding with U.S. children in a director-matcher task (N = 201, 49% female; ages 4, 6, 8). In Experiment 1, we show that parents initiate more clarification exchanges with younger children who, in turn, are more likely to adopt labels introduced by the parent. We then examine whether the benefit of such scaffolding acts primarily through childrens' difficulties with comprehension (Experiment 2) or production (Experiment 3). Our findings suggest that parents primarily scaffold pacts by easing children's production difficulties, modeling cooperative communication.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142647018","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emily N. Cyr, Kathryn M. Kroeper, Hilary B. Bergsieker, Tara C. Dennehy, Christine Logel, Jennifer R. Steele, Rita A. Knasel, W. Tyler Hartwig, Priscilla Shum, Stephanie L. Reeves, Odilia Dys-Steenbergen, Amrit Litt, Christopher B. Lok, Taylor Ballinger, Haemi Nam, Crystal Tse, Amanda L. Forest, Mark Zanna, Sheryl Staub-French, Mary Wells, Toni Schmader, Stephen C. Wright, Steven J. Spencer
{"title":"Girls are good at STEM: Opening minds and providing evidence reduces boys' stereotyping of girls' STEM ability","authors":"Emily N. Cyr, Kathryn M. Kroeper, Hilary B. Bergsieker, Tara C. Dennehy, Christine Logel, Jennifer R. Steele, Rita A. Knasel, W. Tyler Hartwig, Priscilla Shum, Stephanie L. Reeves, Odilia Dys-Steenbergen, Amrit Litt, Christopher B. Lok, Taylor Ballinger, Haemi Nam, Crystal Tse, Amanda L. Forest, Mark Zanna, Sheryl Staub-French, Mary Wells, Toni Schmader, Stephen C. Wright, Steven J. Spencer","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14007","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14007","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Girls and women face persistent negative stereotyping within STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics). This field intervention was designed to improve boys' perceptions of girls' STEM ability. Boys (<i>N</i> = 667; mostly White and East Asian) aged 9–15 years in Canadian STEM summer camps (2017–2019) had an intervention or control conversation with trained camp staff. The intervention was a multi-stage persuasive appeal: a values affirmation, an illustration of girls' ability in STEM, a personalized anecdote, and reflection. Control participants discussed general camp experiences. Boys who received the intervention (vs. control) had more positive perceptions of girls' STEM ability, <i>d</i> = 0.23, an effect stronger among younger boys. These findings highlight the importance of engaging elementary-school-aged boys to make STEM climates more inclusive.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 2","pages":"636-647"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14007","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10314654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Theta power relates to infant object encoding in naturalistic mother-infant interactions","authors":"Christine Michel, Daniel Matthes, Stefanie Hoehl","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14011","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14011","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study investigates infants' neural and behavioral responses to maternal ostensive signals during naturalistic mother-infant interactions and their effects on object encoding. Mothers familiarized their 9- to 10-month-olds (<i>N</i> = 35, 17 females, mainly White, data collection: 2018–2019) with objects with or without mutual gaze, infant-directed speech, and calling the infant's name. Ostensive signals focused infants' attention on objects and their mothers. Infant theta activity synchronized and alpha activity desynchronized during interactions compared to a nonsocial resting phase (Cohen' <i>d</i>: 0.49–0.75). Yet, their amplitudes were unrelated to maternal ostensive signals. Ostensive signals did not facilitate object encoding. However, higher infant theta power during encoding predicted better subsequent object recognition. Results strengthen the role of theta-band power for early learning processes.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 2","pages":"530-543"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14011","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10262193","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Michiko Sakaki, Kou Murayama, Anne C. Frenzel, Thomas Goetz, Herbert W. Marsh, Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Reinhard Pekrun
{"title":"Developmental trajectories of achievement emotions in mathematics during adolescence","authors":"Michiko Sakaki, Kou Murayama, Anne C. Frenzel, Thomas Goetz, Herbert W. Marsh, Stephanie Lichtenfeld, Reinhard Pekrun","doi":"10.1111/cdev.13996","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.13996","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This study examined how adolescents' emotions in mathematics develop over time. Growth curve modeling was applied to longitudinal data collected annually from 2002 to 2006 (Grades 5–9; <i>N</i> = 3425 German adolescents; <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 11.7, 15.6 years at the first and last waves, respectively; 50.0% female). Results indicated that enjoyment and pride decreased over time (Glass's Δ<i>s</i> = −.86, −.71). In contrast, negative emotions exhibited more complex patterns: Anger, boredom, and hopelessness increased (Δ<i>s</i> = .52, .79, .26), shame decreased (Δ = −.12), and anxiety remained stable (Δ = .00). These change trajectories of emotions were associated with change trajectories of perceived control, intrinsic value, achievement value, and achievement in mathematics. Implications and future directions are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 1","pages":"276-295"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.13996","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10221136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seeking versus receiving help: How children integrate suggestions in memory decisions","authors":"Diana Selmeczy, Alireza Kazemi, Simona Ghetti","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14009","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14009","url":null,"abstract":"<p>The current research examined how seeking versus receiving help affected children's memory and confidence decisions. Baseline performance, when no help was available, was compared to performance when help could be sought (Experiment 1: <i>N</i> = 83, 41 females) or was provided (Experiment 2: <i>N</i> = 84, 44 females) in a sample of predominately White 5-, 7-, and 9-year-olds from Northern California. Data collection occurred from 2018 to 2019. In Experiment 1, 5-year-olds agreed most often with sought-help, whereas 9-year-olds were the only age group reporting lower confidence for sought-help relative to baseline trials. In Experiment 2, agreement and confidence after provided help were similar across age groups. Different developmental patterns when help was sought versus provided underscore the importance of active help-seeking for memory decision-making.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 2","pages":"515-529"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10182444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Formalizing developmental phenomena as continuous-time systems: Relations between mathematics and language development","authors":"Charles C. Driver, Martin J. Tomasik","doi":"10.1111/cdev.13990","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.13990","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We demonstrate how developmental theories may be instantiated as statistical models, using hierarchical continuous-time dynamic systems. This approach offers a flexible specification and an often more direct link between theory and model parameters than common modeling frameworks. We address developmental theories of the relation between the academic competencies of mathematics and language, using data from the online learning system <span>Mindsteps</span>. We use ability estimates from 160,164 observation occasions, across <i>N</i> = 4623 3rd to 9th grade students and five ability domains. Model development is step-by-step from simple to complex, with ramifications for theory and modeling discussed at each step.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"94 6","pages":"1454-1471"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.13990","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10145999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to “Language and reading impairments are associated with increased prevalence of non- right- handedness”","authors":"","doi":"10.1111/cdev.14004","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.14004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Abbondanza, F., Dale, P. S., Wang, C. A., Hayiou-Thomas, M. E., Toseeb, U., Koomar, T. S., Wigg, K. G., Feng, Y., Price, K. M., Kerr, E. N., Guger, S. L., Lovett, M. W., Strug, L. J., van Bergen, E., Dolan, C. V., Tomblin, J. B., Moll, K., Schulte-Körne, G., Neuhoff, N., Warnke, A., Fisher, S. E., Barr, C. L., Jacob, J., Michaelson, J. J., Boomsma, D. I., Snowling, M. J., Hulme, C., Whitehouse, A. J. O., Pennell, C. E., Newbury, D. F., Stein, J., Talcott, J. B., Bishop, D. V. M., Paracchini, S. Language and reading impairments are associated with increased prevalence of non-right-handedness. <i>Child Development</i>, <i>94(4)</i>, 970–984. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13914</p><p>The Acknowledgements and Funding Information statements for this article were incomplete. The below Acknowledgements and Funding Information statements have been added to the article:</p><p>“The authors gratefully acknowledge the ongoing contribution of the TEDS participants and their families.”</p><p>“TEDS is supported by a programme grant (MR/V012878/1) to Professor Thalia Eley from the UK Medical Research Council (previously MR/M021475/1 awarded to Professor Robert Plomin), with additional support from the US National Institutes of Health (AG046938).”</p><p>We apologize for this error.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 3","pages":"1040"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.14004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10466732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francheska M. Merced-Nieves, Samuel Eitenbichler, Brandon Goldson, Xueying Zhang, Daniel N. Klein, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Paul Curtin, Robert O. Wright, Rosalind J. Wright
{"title":"Associations between a metal mixture and infant negative affectivity: Effect modification by prenatal cortisol and infant sex","authors":"Francheska M. Merced-Nieves, Samuel Eitenbichler, Brandon Goldson, Xueying Zhang, Daniel N. Klein, Michelle Bosquet Enlow, Paul Curtin, Robert O. Wright, Rosalind J. Wright","doi":"10.1111/cdev.13997","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.13997","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In-utero exposures interact in complex ways that influence neurodevelopment. Animal research demonstrates that fetal sex moderates the impact of joint exposure to metals and prenatal stress measures, including cortisol, on offspring socioemotional outcomes. Further research is needed in humans. We evaluated the joint association of prenatal exposures to a metal mixture and cortisol with infant negative affectivity, considering sex differences. Analyses included 226 (29% White, Non-Hispanic) mother-infant pairs with data on exposures and negative affectivity assessed using the Infant Behavior Questionnaire-Revised in 6-month-olds. Results showed that girls whose mothers had higher cortisol had significantly higher scores of Fear and Sadness with greater exposure to the mixture. Examining higher-order interactions may better elucidate the effects of prenatal exposure to metals and cortisol on socioemotional functioning.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 1","pages":"e47-e59"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10054278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Joshua A. Confer, Hanna Schleihauf, Jan M. Engelmann
{"title":"Children and adults' intuitions of what people can believe","authors":"Joshua A. Confer, Hanna Schleihauf, Jan M. Engelmann","doi":"10.1111/cdev.13988","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.13988","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Two preregistered studies tested how 5- to 6-year-olds, 7- to 8-year-olds, and adults judged the possibility of holding alternative beliefs (<i>N</i> = 240, 110 females, U.S. sample, mixed ethnicities, data collected from September 2020 through October 2021). In Study 1, children and adults thought people could not hold different beliefs when their initial beliefs were supported by evidence (but judged they could without this evidential constraint). In Study 2, children and adults thought people could not hold different beliefs when their initial beliefs were moral beliefs (but judged they could without this moral constraint). Young children viewed moral beliefs as more constrained than adults. These results suggest that young children already have sophisticated intuitions of the possibility of holding various beliefs and how certain beliefs are constrained.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 2","pages":"447-461"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/cdev.13988","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10048775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Visual and cognitive processes contribute to age-related improvements in visual selective attention","authors":"Andrew Lynn, John Maule, Dima Amso","doi":"10.1111/cdev.13992","DOIUrl":"10.1111/cdev.13992","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Children (<i>N</i> = 103, 4–9 years, 59 females, 84% White, c. 2019) completed visual processing, visual feature integration (color, luminance, motion), and visual search tasks. Contrast sensitivity and feature search improved with age similarly for luminance and color-defined targets. Incidental feature integration improved more with age for color-motion than luminance-motion. Individual differences in feature search (<math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>β</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> = .11) and incidental feature integration (<math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>β</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 </semantics></math> = .06) mediated age-related changes in conjunction visual search, an index of visual selective attention. These findings suggest that visual selective attention is best conceptualized as a series of developmental trajectories, within an individual, that vary by an object's defining features. These data have implications for design of educational and interventional strategies intended to maximize attention for learning and memory.</p>","PeriodicalId":10109,"journal":{"name":"Child development","volume":"95 2","pages":"391-408"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10264711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}