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ERIC Number: EJ337977
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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Information Processing and Age Differences in Social Decision-Making.
Chao, Chia-Chen; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v22 n4 p500-08 Jul 1986
Describes four experiments conducted among adults and 3- to 7-year-olds to validate a task analysis that indicates that the equality, group enhancement, and superiority social decisions require a greater information processing load than the altruism, rivalry, and individualism social decisions. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Decision Making, Decision Making Skills, Evaluative Thinking, Social Behavior, Task Analysis
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Decisions