Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelors

Department

Social Sciences

First Advisor

Barton, Michelle

Keywords

Self-Regulation, Preschool, Perceived Social Acceptance

Abstract

A sample of 13 preschoolers was interviewed on personal perceptions of cognitive competence and social acceptance, in order to explore correlations between these perceptions and self-regulatory abilities of working memory and inhibitory control. These scores were obtained using the Perceived Competence and Social Acceptance Scale for Preschool and Kindergartners, the Knock-Tap task and a delay of gratification task. A teacher of each child's preschool classroom also completed the Preschool Behavior Questionnaire, which tallied problematic behaviors in the classroom. No significant correlations were found, however a nearly significant negative correlation was found between reported problem behaviors and delay of gratification scores. A larger sample size of children under the same individual teacher could create larger effect sizes and contribute to a better understanding of self-perceptions, self-regulatory abilities and academic ability in preschool populations.

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