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Argument structure, argument content, and cognitive change in childrens peer interaction.
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In this experimental study, the author examined whether childrens conversations play a role in the processes of influence between peers. Children, aged 8 to 10 years, who were at different levels of moral development participated. The conversations of ... (Full abstract text below) Published 2002Mar
in Journal: J Genet Psychol
(Language : eng)
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2002 Mar;163(1):40-57
Argument structure, argument content, and cognitive change in children's peer interaction.
Leman PJ
Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, United Kingdom. p.leman@gold.ac.uk
In this experimental study, the author examined whether children's conversations play a role in the processes of influence between peers. Children, aged 8 to 10 years, who were at different levels of moral development participated. The conversations of 120 children were coded and analyzed in terms of argument structure and content. Results indicated that the differences in structure between boys' and girls' arguments are stylistic and do not influence conversation outcomes. The children's use of the structural features of conversations suggested that when a more advanced position is adopted, the arguments themselves appear to inspire cognitive change. However, when a less advanced position is adopted, the children who influence their peers invoke a particular and insistent conversational style. Results are discussed in terms of transmission and constructivist accounts of the role of social interaction in cognitive development.
PMID : 11952263 [PubMed - Indexed for MEDLINE]
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| First Name | LastName | Initials |
| Patrick J | Leman | PJ |
Affiliation: Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, United Kingdom. p.leman@gold.ac.uk
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