Publication Date
5-1-2006
Degree Program
Department of Psychology
Degree Type
Education Specialist
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine patterns of development and gender in first- through fifth-grade children's (N = 514) social information processing, as well as the role emotion plays in these patterns. Developmental patterns and goal selection have been relatively understudied in past social information processing literature. Videotaped ambiguous provocations were presented in which provocateur's emotion displays were manipulated (two each of happy, angry, and sad); children imagined being the provocateur's victim. Results revealed age and gender differences in children's goal selection and social problem-solving. Provocateur's emotion displays were also found to Influence goal selection and problem-solving in children, further supporting the role of emotion in social information processing.
Disciplines
Education | Psychology
Recommended Citation
Bowersox, April, "Developmental and Gender Patterns in Social Information Processing: Social Problem-Solving and Social Goals" (2006). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 443.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/443