Social Interaction in Same- and Mixed-Age Dyads of Preschool Children

Lougee, Michael; Grueneich, Royal; Hartup, Willard W.

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“…At the same time, development of communication skills and other abilities in the older child is fostered. This view contrasts with others (e.g., Piaget, cited in Lougee et al, 1977) who say that children derive adaptational advantage through interaction with individuals of coequal status (same-age peers). I would venture to say that both views are valid and are not mutually exclusive.…”

Section: Introductioncontrasting

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“…Results obtained by Lougee, Grueneich, and Hartup ( 1977) do not support the notion that a greater amount of social behavior mixed-age peers.…”

Section: Chapter II Review Of the Literaturecontrasting

confidence: 58%

“…The "negative socialization" categories utilized 4 by Lougee, Grueneich and Hartup (1977) were: derogation, interference, noncompliance, and attacks.…”

Section: Definition Of Negative Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The appropriateness of the communications between the children indicated that each child was accommodating to the developmental level of the other. According to Lougee et al (1977), evidence suggests that children are sensitive to age differences between themselves and other children and make a variety of behavioral adjustments. Lougee et al ( 1977) ran into an interesting problem in the course of their study.…”

Section: Chapter II Review Of the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Kanner (cited in Lougee et al, 1977) believes that children derive unique adaptational periences: the older child advantages from cross-age protects the younger one exand facilitates his integration into a wider social world. At the same time, development of communication skills and other abilities in the older child is fostered.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Negative behavior exhibited by preschool children in same-age versus mixed-age groups

Sheppard¹

2000

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Perhaps due to the increase in the workforce of mothers with young children, much attention has been directed in the past decade towards the subject of out-of-home child care.In order to gain further understanding of the socialization of preschool children, an observational study was carried out which was designed to measure the amount of negative behavior expressed by children participating in mixed-age versus same-age preschool groups.An observational code was developed to test the 2 hypothesis that three-to five-year-old children in a same-age group would exhibit more negative behavior than would those in a mixed-age group.Sixteen children in each group (matched for age, sex, and number of hours in school per week) were observed for a total of sixty minutes each. All children included in the study had been enrolled in the facility used for at least eight months.Analysis of variance determined no significant group effect, indicating that there was no difference in the negative behavior of children in the same-versus mixed-age groups.However, the Rank-Sum test revealed a striking gender effect, indicating that the frequency of negative behavior exhibited by boys in this sample was much greater than that of the girls.These findings are consistent with those of previous researchers, and clearly demonstrate a gender difference in rates of aggression for children as young as three.Implications for gender and age groupings within the preschool classroom are discussed.

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Section: Introductioncontrasting

confidence: 65%

“…Results obtained by Lougee, Grueneich, and Hartup ( 1977) do not support the notion that a greater amount of social behavior mixed-age peers.…”

Section: Chapter II Review Of the Literaturecontrasting

confidence: 58%

“…The "negative socialization" categories utilized 4 by Lougee, Grueneich and Hartup (1977) were: derogation, interference, noncompliance, and attacks.…”

Section: Definition Of Negative Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Chapter II Review Of the Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Negative behavior exhibited by preschool children in same-age versus mixed-age groups

Sheppard¹

2000

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Effects of an adult's presence on the social behavior of preschool children

Besevegis

Lore

1983

Aggr. Behav.

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The social behavior of same‐sex pairs of nursery school children was observed during two ten‐minute play sessions. One half of the pairs played alone during both sessions, and the remaining pairs played in the presence of a passive adult supervisor. Child pairs who played alone were significantly less aggressive and exhibited a moderate but nonsignificant increase in the expression of positive or prosocial behaviors. Unsupervised pairs also tended to verbalize more and engaged in significantly more cooperative play. The absence of adults may encourage children to employ more mature social strategies to achieve a successful relationship with their playmates.

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Early Intervention

Paget

1988

Handbook of Behavior Therapy in Education

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Social Interaction in Same- and Mixed-Age Dyads of Preschool Children

Cited by 62 publications

References 5 publications

Negative behavior exhibited by preschool children in same-age versus mixed-age groups

Negative behavior exhibited by preschool children in same-age versus mixed-age groups

Effects of an adult's presence on the social behavior of preschool children

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