Carolyn Saarni
Biographic Data
| ID | 5757471 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carolyn Saarni |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carolyn |
| FAMILY NAME | Saarni |
| SIGNATURE | SAARNI C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Sonoma State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Children's Understanding of Emotion Communication in Families
There is a paucity of research on children's awareness of how emotion communication varies within relationships. Indeed, we operate on the assumption that a very significant function of emotion is to regulate interpersonal interaction. In this essay we discuss how children come to understand such phenomena as: (a) emotional-expressive behavior can have powerful interpersonal consequences; (b) relationship dimensions such as degree of power and cl…
Cognition, Context, and Goals
Issues of cultural meaningfulness in emotional development
All 3 articles addressed in this commentary reflect a Western cultural model in their investigation of emotional development. Each used Western cultural scripts in how data were collected and then applied further culture-based scripts in attributing meaningfulness to what was elicited. The commentary also examines several other related concerns: (a) the search for universals versus a focus on cultural specificity, (b) the effect of the unit of an…
An Observational Study of Children's Attempts to Monitor Their Expressive Behavior
SAARNI, CAROLYN. An Observational Study of Children's Attempts to Monitor Their Expressive Behavior. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1984, 55, 1504-1513. This observational study examined developmental patterns in children's attempts to regulate their expressive behavior in a mildly conflictful situation that was contrived by creating expectations in children for receiving a desirable reward but in fact receiving an undesirable one. This situation provided a …
Children's understanding of display rules for expressive behavior
Social-Cohort Effect on Three Masculinity-Femininity Instruments and Self-Report
The effect of female social-cohort groups on sex-typed behavioral preferences and conceptions of role stereotypes was studied by means of multivariate analyses. Subjects' self-reports of femininity were obtained, and May's projective technique, the Sex-role Stereotype scale, and Gough's Psychological Femininity scale were administered to a total of 105 females, ranging in age from 19 to 49 yr., who were distributed across the following groups: nu…
Perception and conservation of length
Demand characteristics are everywhere (anyway)
Demand characteristics are everywhere (anyway)
Children's understanding of display rules for expressive behavior
Issues of cultural meaningfulness in emotional development
All 3 articles addressed in this commentary reflect a Western cultural model in their investigation of emotional development. Each used Western cultural scripts in how data were collected and then applied further culture-based scripts in attributing meaningfulness to what was elicited. The commentary also examines several other related concerns: (a) the search for universals versus a focus on cultural specificity, (b) the effect of the unit of an…
Demand characteristics are everywhere (anyway)
Demand characteristics are everywhere (anyway)
Social-Cohort Effect on Three Masculinity-Femininity Instruments and Self-Report
The effect of female social-cohort groups on sex-typed behavioral preferences and conceptions of role stereotypes was studied by means of multivariate analyses. Subjects' self-reports of femininity were obtained, and May's projective technique, the Sex-role Stereotype scale, and Gough's Psychological Femininity scale were administered to a total of 105 females, ranging in age from 19 to 49 yr., who were distributed across the following groups: nu…
Perception and conservation of length
Children's understanding of display rules for expressive behavior
An Observational Study of Children's Attempts to Monitor Their Expressive Behavior
SAARNI, CAROLYN. An Observational Study of Children's Attempts to Monitor Their Expressive Behavior. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1984, 55, 1504-1513. This observational study examined developmental patterns in children's attempts to regulate their expressive behavior in a mildly conflictful situation that was contrived by creating expectations in children for receiving a desirable reward but in fact receiving an undesirable one. This situation provided a …
Issues of cultural meaningfulness in emotional development
All 3 articles addressed in this commentary reflect a Western cultural model in their investigation of emotional development. Each used Western cultural scripts in how data were collected and then applied further culture-based scripts in attributing meaningfulness to what was elicited. The commentary also examines several other related concerns: (a) the search for universals versus a focus on cultural specificity, (b) the effect of the unit of an…
Cognition, Context, and Goals
Children's Understanding of Emotion Communication in Families
There is a paucity of research on children's awareness of how emotion communication varies within relationships. Indeed, we operate on the assumption that a very significant function of emotion is to regulate interpersonal interaction. In this essay we discuss how children come to understand such phenomena as: (a) emotional-expressive behavior can have powerful interpersonal consequences; (b) relationship dimensions such as degree of power and cl…
Psychology (9 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (5 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (2 works) · Child and Animal Learning Development (2 works) · Cognition (2 works)