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Lexical development during adolescence: An analysis of nouns in oral and written narratives
Desarrollo léxico en la adolescencia: Un análisis de sustantivos en narraciones orales y escritas
(2013-10-22)
During the school years, lexical acquisition is directly related to experience with written language. In this study we investigated how adolescents make lexical choices in two different discursive contexts: oral and written ...
Psychometric properties of the Attributions About the Causes of Poverty Scale and the Attitudes Toward the Poor Scale
Propiedades psicométricas de las Escalas de Atribuciones sobre las Causas de la Pobreza y Actitudes hacia los Pobres
(2014-06-15)
The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Attributions for Poverty Causes Scale and the Attitudes toward the Poor Scale (affective dimension) in the local context. The sample was composed by ...
Evaluative language development in narratives of Mexican children from 3 to 12 years
El desarrollo del lenguaje evaluativo en narraciones de niños mexicanos de 3 a 12 años
(2013-10-22)
This study reports on the development of evaluation in elicited oral narratives from 40 Mexican children aged three to twelve years. Each participant produced seven narratives. A series of illustrations from wordless ...
Parent-child conversations in three urban middle-class contexts: Mothers and fathers reminisce with their daughters and sons in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Germany
(2013-10-22)
Abstract. The present study investigated culture- and gender-differences in mother- and father-child reminiscing with 3-year old daughters and sons in urban middle-class families from Costa Rica, Mexico, and Germany. ...
Fun and frustrations: Low-income Chilean parents reminiscing with their children about past emotional experiences
Fun and frustrations: Low-income Chilean parents reminiscing with their children about past emotional experiences
(2013-10-22)
One way in which parents support the development of children’s socioemotional abilities is through reminiscing about emotional experiences. This study: a) investigated how low-income Chilean families through reminiscing ...
Conceptual and methodological referents regarding the modern notion of validity in measurement instruments: implications for the evaluation of people with special educational needs
Referentes conceptuales y metodológicos sobre la noción moderna de validez de instrumentos de medición: implicaciones para el caso de personas con necesidades educativas especiales
(2013-05-15)
A general look is taken around the modern concept of validity, with a special focus in psychological and educational tests, with the purpose of presenting an updated discussion and providing conceptual and methodological ...
Science, ideology and social research: Comments on an article by Chavarria (2011)
Ciencia, ideología e investigación social: comentarios sobre un artículo de Chavarría (2011)/Science, ideology and social research: Comments on an article by Chavarria (2011)
(2014-06-15)
From the view of what Brown (2001) calls “Scientific Orthodoxy” three arguments stated by Chavarría (2001) in her introducing of the complexity paradigm are critically analyzed: 1. The modern scientific advances have ...
Animal models of fear and anxiety: neurobehavioral descriptions
Modelos animales de miedo y ansiedad: descripciones neuro-conductuales
(2014-11-19)
Animal models of fear and anxiety have been widely used for the comprehension of anxiety disorders in humans, however, it has not been easy to distinguish between both concepts at physiological and behavioral levels. One ...
Bilingual mothers’ expressions of affect
Expresiones de afecto de madres bilingües
(2013-10-22)
Abstract. The purpose of this study is to examine the uses of affectivity in L1 and L2 in 10 bilingual mothers´ interactions with their 30-month olds. The expressions of emotion, volition and epistemic stance were identifi ...