Article: New developmental psychology findings from Hanover College described.(Report)

According to recent research published in the Merrill - Palmer Quarterly - Journal of Developmental Psychology, "Prior research has identified ways in which parents and teachers contribute to learned helpless responses to failure, but little is known about the role that interactions with peers might play. In this study, the conversations of fourth- through sixth- grade children and their friends were observed after children experienced an achievement-related failure."

"Changes in children's responses to failure from postfailure to postdiscussion were predicted from the features of these conversations. Children who received frequent help from friends reported ...

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