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Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
How Bilingualism Informs Theory of Mind Development
AbstractThe possibility and nature of bilingual advantage for theory of mind (ToM), that is, young bilingual children outperforming their monolingual peers, have been discussed increasingly since the first research on the topic was published in 2003. Because accumulating evidence demonstrates a ToM advantage for bilingual individuals, in this article, we focus on how this advantage arises. We consider how current theoretical positions, includingexecutive function,metalinguistic awareness, andsociolinguistic awareness accounts, explain such an advantage in young bilingual children. These theoretical accounts receive some, b...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Chi ‐Lin Yu,
Ioulia Kovelman,
Henry M. Wellman Tags: Article Source Type: research
The Emergence of a Brain Network for Numerical Thinking
AbstractEducated adults and children engage a network of frontal and parietal brain regions for numerical thinking. Recent studies document some prominent changes as this network emerges over development, including a unilateral right to bilateral shift in number-selective parietal brain activity, a strengthening of intra- and interhemispheric parietal connections, reduced engagement of prefrontal regions, and decoupling between prefrontal and parietal regions. Based on these findings, it appears that right parietal regions form an innate or early-emerging basis for representing numerical magnitudes, whereas left parietal r...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Daniel C. Hyde Tags: Article Source Type: research
Gender Stereotypes Influence Children ’s STEM Motivation
AbstractChildren ’s memberships in social groups have profound effects on their motivation. Stereotypes about social groups shape children’s beliefs about what is expected for their group members. These beliefs can influence children’s developing beliefs about themselves (self-perceptions). In this article, I review research on how gender stereotypes influence children’s motivation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), including ability beliefs and sense of belonging. When children belong to a gender group that is negatively stereotyped in a STEM field, they may doubt their own capabili ties and whe...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Allison Master Tags: Article Source Type: research
Cultural Pathways and Outcomes of Autobiographical Memory Development
AbstractThe development of autobiographical memory is a culturally constructive process in which children learn to remember and share their personal experiences in culture-specific ways. In this article, I present a theoretical model that situates children ’s independent recall and joint reminiscing with parents in the cultural context. Built on cross-cultural research, the model specifies various pathways—self-goals, language, emotion knowledge, and perceptual styles—through which culture shapes autobiographical memory development. The model al so demonstrates the role of culture in moderating the psychosocial outco...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Qi Wang Tags: Article Source Type: research
Cultural Moderation of the Effects of Parenting: Answered and Unanswered Questions
AbstractIn this article, I address the cultural moderation of the links between parenting and children's adjustment, and highlight avenues for research. First, I address whether cultural moderation effects occur. I review an inconsistent pattern of results, suggesting that cultural moderation effects are not robust in nature and raising the need to systematically uncover their parameters. Then, I consider the underlying mechanism of cultural moderation effects. Researchers agree that such effects stem from differential meanings of the same parenting behavior across cultures, but we still need direct evidence of how meaning...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maayan Davidov Tags: Article Source Type: research
The Implications of Polysemy for Theories of Word Learning
AbstractWord learning is typically studied as a problem in which children need to learn a single meaning for a new word. And by most theories, children ’s learning is itself guided by the assumption that a new word will have only one meaning. However, the majority of words in languages are polysemous, carrying multiple related and distinct meanings. Here, we consider the implications of this disjuncture. As we review, current theories predict tha t children should struggle to learn polysemous words. And yet research shows that young children readily learn multiple meanings for words and represent them in qualitatively si...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Mahesh Srinivasan,
Hugh Rabagliati Tags: Article Source Type: research
Why Developmental Research on Social Categorization Needs Intersectionality
AbstractChildren develop rich concepts of social categories throughout early and middle childhood. Whereas we know much about the development and consequences of many social categories individually, we know less about the development of representations at the intersection of multiple categories —for instance, how children think about race and gender together. This is a critical issue because every person a child meets holds membership in multiple social categories. Thus, overlooking how children integrate information about multiple categories causes a major gap in our understanding of th e development of social cognition...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Ryan F. Lei,
Marjorie Rhodes Tags: Article Source Type: research
Perspectives on Social Withdrawal in Childhood: Past, Present, and Prospects
AbstractIn this article, we provide definitional clarity for the construct of social withdrawal as it was originally construed, and review the original theoretical and conceptual bases that led to the first research program dedicated to the developmental study of social withdrawal (the Waterloo Longitudinal Project). We also describe correlates (e.g., social and social-cognitive incompetence), precursors (e.g., dispositional characteristics, parenting, insecure attachment), and consequences (e.g., peer rejection and victimization, negative self-regard, anxiety) of social withdrawal, and discuss how the study of this type o...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Kenneth H. Rubin,
Andrea Chronis ‐Tuscano Tags: Article Source Type: research
The Costs and Benefits of Co ‐Rumination
AbstractA common belief is that talking about problems makes us feel better. In fact, seeking social support is related to well-being. However, if taken to a perseverative extreme, talking about problems can become problematic. The construct ofco-rumination was developed to address this idea. Co-rumination refers to talking excessively about problems and is characterized by rehashing problems, speculating about problems, and dwelling on negative feelings. Co-rumination is typically studied in children ’s and adolescents’ friendships and has adjustment trade-offs. Like rumination, co-rumination is associated with intern...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Amanda J. Rose Tags: Article Source Type: research
Being in Tune With Your Body: The Emergence of Interoceptive Processing Through Caregiver –Infant Feeding Interactions
AbstractInteroception —the ability to perceive and respond to internal bodily sensations—is fundamental for the continuous regulation of physiological processes. Recently, it has been suggested that because infants depend completely on their caregivers for survival, the development of interoceptive processing emerges as a result of early dyadic interactions, and relies on caregivers’ ability to respond to and meet infants’ physiological needs. In this article, I examine how both caregivers’ and infants’ own characteristics contribute to the emergence and development of infants’ interoceptive processin g. In p...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Maria Laura Filippetti Tags: Article Source Type: research
Issue Information ‐ Editorial Board
(Source: Child Development Perspectives)
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 9, 2021 Category: Child Development Tags: Issue Information Source Type: research
Perspectives on Social Withdrawal in Childhood: Past, Present, and Prospects
AbstractIn this article, we provide definitional clarity for the construct of social withdrawal as it was originally construed, and review the original theoretical and conceptual bases that led to the first research program dedicated to the developmental study of social withdrawal (the Waterloo Longitudinal Project). We also describe correlates (e.g., social and social-cognitive incompetence), precursors (e.g., dispositional characteristics, parenting, insecure attachment), and consequences (e.g., peer rejection and victimization, negative self-regard, anxiety) of social withdrawal, and discuss how the study of this type o...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 6, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Kenneth H. Rubin,
Andrea Chronis ‐Tuscano Tags: Article Source Type: research
Gender Stereotypes Influence Children ’s STEM Motivation
AbstractChildren ’s memberships in social groups have profound effects on their motivation. Stereotypes about social groups shape children’s beliefs about what is expected for their group members. These beliefs can influence children’s developing beliefs about themselves (self-perceptions). In this article, I review research on how gender stereotypes influence children’s motivation in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), including ability beliefs and sense of belonging. When children belong to a gender group that is negatively stereotyped in a STEM field, they may doubt their own capabili ties and whe...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 4, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Allison Master Tags: Article Source Type: research
Why Developmental Research on Social Categorization Needs Intersectionality
AbstractChildren develop rich concepts of social categories throughout early and middle childhood. Whereas we know much about the development and consequences of many social categories individually, we know less about the development of representations at the intersection of multiple categories —for instance, how children think about race and gender together. This is a critical issue because every person a child meets holds membership in multiple social categories. Thus, overlooking how children integrate information about multiple categories causes a major gap in our understanding of th e development of social cognition...
Source: Child Development Perspectives - August 3, 2021 Category: Child Development Authors: Ryan F. Lei,
Marjorie Rhodes Tags: Article Source Type: research
