The Influence of Adult Expectancy/Child Performance Discrepancies upon Children's Self-Concepts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8222292 |
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| Authors | Monte D Smith (corresponding author), Salvatore A Zingale, J Michael Coleman, Jason Coleman (0000-0003-4167-2762, University of Virginia) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 259 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Educational Research Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-8312 • E-ISSN: 1935-1011 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1162464 |
| OpenAlex | W4205418724 |
| Language | EN |
Parents and teachers expect children from higher socioeconomic backgrounds to excel academically, relative to socioeconomically disadvantaged children. When children from high socioeconomic homes experience academic failure, the discrepancy between adult expectations and child performance is comparatively large. This expectancy/performance discrepancy results in lowered self-concepts. On the other hand, children with disadvantaged backgrounds do not experience lowered self-concept as a result of academic failure, since the adult expectancy /child performance discrepancy is comparatively small
Academic achievement · Developmental psychology · Disadvantaged · Expectancy theory · Life expectancy · Political science · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Demography · Early Childhood Education and Development · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness · Psychology · School Choice and Performance · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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