The report appeared last month in the Journal of Development and Behavioral Pediatrics.

VOA: special.2009.01.13

As early as age 3, children have what researchers call a "positivity bias" a tendency to see themselves as smart regardless of their abilities, and to exaggerate positive traits in others, says a 2010 study in the journal Child Development Perspectives.

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Directly contradicting this study is research conducted at the University of North Texas that was published in the Early Human Development journal last year.

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'Higher education and the starting wages of graduates in China' (with Li Fengliang and Ding Xiaohao): International Journal of Educational Development, 29, 4, 2009, pp. 374-81.

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