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Peer reviewedWeinraub, Marsha; Lewis, Michael – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1977
Verbal and nonverbal behaviors of fifty 2-year-old children and their mothers were recorded during free play, departure, and separation situations. Measures of the child's and mother's cognitive abilities and maternal cognitive style were also obtained. Sex and social class differences in child and maternal behaviors within each situation were…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Style, Infants
Peer reviewedCherry, Louise; Lewis, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 1976
This study of 12 white, upper-middle-class mothers and their children was conducted to provide information on how verbal aspects of mother-child interaction are differentiated by sex of the child. Results suggest greater verbal quantity and responsivity for mother-female compared with mother-male dyads. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Infants, Language Acquisition, Middle Class Parents
Download full textGallas, Howard B.; Lewis, Michael – 1977
This study explored the relationship between the mother-infant interaction and the concurrent perceptual-cognitive and intellectual status of the infant. One hundred and eight-nine 12-week-old infants were given a battery of perceptual-cognitive tasks, including the Mental Developmental Index (MDI) of the Bayley Scales, the Corman-Escalona Scales…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
Lewis, Michael; Freedle, Roy – 1972
The early communication network existing between a mother and her 12-week-old infant was explored. Over 50 infants of both sexes from a variety of social classes were seen in their homes, and a wide variety of maternal and infant behaviors were studied. Of special interest was the vocalization-in-communication data. The results indicate a lawful,…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Lewis, Michael – 1971
This paper discusses the processes that are at work which produce some of the differences between male and female human beings. The sex of the child is an important attribute of the organism's identity. Before birth, parents express preferences for the sex of the unborn child and start providing names as a function of the sex of the child. Studies…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Infants
McGurk, Harry; Lewis, Michael – 1972
Fifty-two 44-month-old children were observed in a nursery school over a period of two weeks with peer and adult oriented behaviors recorded, and data analyzed in terms of the subjects' sex and birth order. Sex effects were as expected, but birth-order effects highlighted the second-born child as representing a distinct category. In particular,…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Bulletins, Child Development, Child Psychology
