Gender- and Age-Related Patterns of Complexity in Adolescents' Concepts of Same-Age and Parent-Age Targets
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13899208 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brett Laursen (0000-0002-1642-1980, University of Maine, corresponding author), W Andrew Collins (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 199-209 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Adolescence and Youth (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0267-3843 • E-ISSN: 2164-4527 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02673843.1990.9747678 |
| OpenAlex | W2050834779 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
An investigation was undertaken to examine gender and age related differences in cognitive complexity regarding targets from adolescents ‘own age-group and targets representing the age-group of most adolescents’ parents. Sixth grade, eighth grade, and high school students (N= 143) completed separate card sorts of descriptive traits for 12–14 year olds and 30–40 year olds. There was significantly greater complexity of sorts by females than by males across ages. However, cognitive differentiation did not increase for either target group across ages in the sample, and complexity of sorts was similar for own-age and parent-age targets. Although the results were not associated with gender differences in interpersonal awareness as measured by self-perceived femininity scores or gender differences in general achievement or verbal performance, the patterns of findings are consistent with hypotheses involving both informational and motivational accounts of the development of these sex differences
Age groups · Cognition · Cognitive complexity · Cognitive development · Developmental psychology · Femininity · Interpersonal communication · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · Social Psychology
Adolescent relations with mothers, fathers, and friends
Advances In Experimental Social Psychology
The growth of logical thinking
Egocentrism in Adolescence
Prototypes in Person Perception
The adolescent society
Masculinity and Femininity
Organizational characteristics of social judgment
Cognitive complexity in person perception and nation perception
Age and Sex Differences in the Perception of Persons
Some developmental changes in the organization of self-evaluations
The development of self-conceptions from childhood to adolescence
Developmental level, emotional involvement, and the resolution of inconsistency in impression formation
Developmental trends in qualified inferences and descriptions of self and others
Developmental changes in attribution of descriptive concepts to persons
The complexity–extremity effect and age-based stereotyping
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |