Journal article
Relations Between Children's Overestimation of Their Physical Abilities and Accident Proneness
Developmental psychology, Vol.31(5), pp.866-876
09/1995
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.31.5.866
Abstract
Two experiments examined developmental changes in the accuracy of children's judgments about their physical abilities. Experiment 1 showed that 6- and 8-year-olds overestimated their ability to perform tasks just beyond and well beyond their ability. Adults only had difficulty making judgments about tasks just beyond their ability. Experiment 2 investigated how experience with performing activities influences judgments about physical abilities. Six-year-olds again overestimated their ability to perform tasks just beyond and well beyond their ability. Eight-year-olds were more accurate about tasks well beyond than just beyond their ability. In both experiments, overestimation of ability was associated with accidental injuries for 6- but not for 8-year-olds. The discussion focuses on children's overestimation of physical abilities and the relation between overestimation and accident proneness.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Relations Between Children's Overestimation of Their Physical Abilities and Accident Proneness
- Creators
- Jodie M Plumert - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.31(5), pp.866-876
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.31.5.866
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/1995
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984213398202771
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