Black and white preschool children were asked to guess which of 2 boxes, 1 painted white and 1 painted black, and each containing tape-recorder speakers, had broadcast such self-concept statements as, ...

There is debate about the abstractness of young children's self-concepts—specifically, whether they include representations of (a) general traits and abilities and (b) the global self. Four studies (N ...

During the elementary-school years, a child's world expands dramatically to include not only their family and playmates but a widening circle of schoolmates and adults. In this enlarged environment, ...

One day while working at my outpatient private practice in Homewood, Illinois, I received a call from a high school counselor. She asked if I could see—right away—a senior and his parents in her ...