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Children's ability to appraise their own versus another person's communication performance

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Asher, SR
Published in: Developmental Psychology
1976

Previous research has found that younger children are less accurate communicators to a listener. In the present research, children's ability to appraise or evaluate the quality of communication performance was investigated. In Exp I, 90 2nd-, 4th-, and 6th-grade children communicated messages for 15 referents. Half of the Ss then appraised their own messages, and half appraised the messages of a yoked age-mate. In the self-appraisal condition, Ss were asked to indicate whether or not each of their messages was effective. In the other-appraisal condition, Ss indicated whether or not each of a peer's messages was effective. Results indicate that younger Ss were less accurate appraisers of performance as well as less accurate communicators. Within a particular grade level, Ss were similar in their self-appraisal and other-appraisal accuracy. Exp II controlled the quality of messages that Ss judged across grade level. 15 Ss appraised a standard set of messages half of which were effective and half of which were ineffective. Younger Ss were less accurate evaluators of good and poor messages. Results from both studies are considered in light of evidence that younger children do not compare the association of messages to referents and nonreferents. Failure to engage in comparison activity would result in poor appraisal accuracy as well as poor communication accuracy.

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Developmental Psychology

Publication Date

1976

Volume

12

Start / End Page

24 / 32

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education
 

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Asher, S. R. (1976). Children's ability to appraise their own versus another person's communication performance. Developmental Psychology, 12, 24–32.
Asher, S. R. “Children's ability to appraise their own versus another person's communication performance.” Developmental Psychology 12 (1976): 24–32.
Asher, S. R. “Children's ability to appraise their own versus another person's communication performance.” Developmental Psychology, vol. 12, 1976, pp. 24–32.

Published In

Developmental Psychology

Publication Date

1976

Volume

12

Start / End Page

24 / 32

Related Subject Headings

  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • 5204 Cognitive and computational psychology
  • 5201 Applied and developmental psychology
  • 3904 Specialist studies in education
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1303 Specialist Studies in Education