Developmental Trends in Evaluations of Single Traits
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TL;DR
Evidence suggested that "personal" evaluations become increasingly differentiated from "social"-desirability judgments with development, and that self-esteem is maximally engaged when the individual evaluates himself on traits defining stage-related themes in ego development.
Abstract
EMMERICH, WALTER. Developmental Trends in Evaluations of Single Traits. CmLD DEVELOPMENT, 1974, 45, 172-183. Middle-class children and adolescents evaluated single-trait descriptions of hypothetical persons of their own sex. Developmental trends in trait evaluations were examined and related to the subject's sex and cognitive ability and generational status of the hypothetical stimulus person (adult vs. peer). Certain findings were most consistent with ego-developmental theory, while others were more consistent with a person-perception analysis or with a interpretation. Popularity and similarity judgments were partially differentiated from other components of value such as like-dislike. Evidence suggested that personal evaluations become increasingly differentiated from social-desirability judgments with development, and that self-esteem is maximally engaged when the individual evaluates himself on traits defining stage-related themes in ego development.