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Download full textChen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Furutsuka, Takashi, Ed.; Shirotani, Yukari – 1998
This annual report discusses several topics related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "Other's Voice/Own Voice: (Re)production of Other's Voice and Its Apprenticeship in Japanese Young Children" (Shing-Jen Chen); (2) "Intersubjectivity during…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Caregiver Speech, Child Development, Child Rearing
Wakai, Kunio, Ed.; Chen, Shing-jen, Ed. – 1995
This annual report discusses several topics related to the work of the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development. Six topics are covered in the report. The articles are: (1) "Development of Intentional Behavior in Early Infancy" (Hongtu Chen); (2) "An Investigation of the Differences of Social Space in the Playroom: Through…
Descriptors: Associative Learning, Child Development, Disabilities, Foreign Countries
Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Furutsuka, Takashi, Ed.; Shirotani, Yukari, Ed. – 2000
This annual report presents several articles related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "Maternal Speech and Behavior during Mother-Infant Play: Comparison between the United States and Japan" (Sueko Toda, Marc H. Bornstein, and Hiroshi Azuma); (2)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Auditory Perception, Bilingualism, Caregiver Speech
Wakai, Kunio, Ed. – 1991
This report contains a series of articles from Japan, New Zealand, and the U.S. dealing with child development. The articles concern: (1) a social dynamic theory of early human development and a program of research based on this theory; (2) the need for intervention and the structure of intervention for children with disabilities on the island of…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Children, Disabilities
Ogura, Tamiko – 1987
The development of and relationship between early language, symbolic play, sensorimotor skills, and social development were examined in a longitudinal study conducted in Japan with two young autistic males who were observed from the approximate ages of 2 to 4 years in clinic, day care, and home settings. One child acquired speech; the other did…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Autism, Case Studies, Echolalia
Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Fujino, Yuki, Ed. – 2001
This annual report presents several articles related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "Intrinsic Musicality: Rhythm and Prosody in Infant-Directed Voices" (Niki Powers); (2) "Movable Cognitive Studies with a Portable, Telemetric Near-Infrared…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Affective Behavior, Annual Reports, Child Development
Shimada, Shoko; Sano, Ryogoro – 1985
The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine the development of anticipatory visual search and to find out the effects of preceding experiences upon the search during the second year of life. The sample consisted of 18 Japanese firstborn nonretarded children from middle-class families who were individually tested at 11, 12, 14, 16, 22,…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Expectation, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
Miyake, Kazuo, Ed.; Zehler, Annette M. – 1982
This document consists of four research reports and one research note focusing on several aspects of the cognitive and emotional development of young children. The first article explores two theories of the relationship between cognition and emotion, reporting on an investigation of that relationship in a simple learning task involving 60 Japanese…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Ability
Shimada, Shoko; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this study was to longitudinally examine the development of symbolic play in 2-year-old Japanese infants. The subjects were four children who were individually tested once a month from the age of 12 to 24 months in laboratory settings. Assessment materials consisted of three sets of miniature toys, a doll and junk objects. Each set…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Egocentrism, Foreign Countries, Imitation
Wakaba, Yoko Y. – 1981
Many studies using questionnaires and observational methods to collect information on the pointing gesture in infants have recently been performed. However, no study based on long-term observation is presently available that deals with the appearance and development of pointing as an interaction between mothers and their children. Therefore, this…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Communication Research, Developmental Stages, Foreign Countries
Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Murohashi, Harumitsu, Ed.; Fujino, Yuki, Ed. – 2002
This annual report presents several articles related to the work of the Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan. The articles are: (1) "Joint Attention as a System Property of the Infant-Caregiver Interaction System"(Tsuneda Miho and Shing-Jen Chen); (2) "Age-Related Change in Japanese Maternal…
Descriptors: Acoustics, Age Differences, Attention, Auditory Perception
Peer reviewedNakagawa, Miyuki; And Others – Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 1992
Examines the validity of the Strange Situation procedure for Japanese mothers and infants by examining correlates and antecedents of Strange Situation behavior for 60 infants and their mothers. Results suggest that the Strange Situation may not be a valid index of the security of infant-mother attachment in Japan. (SLD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Child Development
Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – 1991
In this study of prominent characteristics of parenting in the United States, France, and Japan, 72 mother-infant dyads were examined. The study focused on three prominent interactive domains of visual and vocal exchange between mother and baby (nurturing, social exchange, and didactic stimulation), examining their frequency of occurrence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Shimada, Shoko; And Others – 1979
The purpose of this study was to cross-sectionally and longitudinally examine the developmental process of search behavior in infancy. Subjects were 23 Japanese normal infants (11 males and 12 females) who were individually tested once a month from the age of six to 13 months in laboratory settings. Small toys and three white opaque cubic boxes…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Cross Sectional Studies, Developmental Stages
Wakai, Kunio, Ed.; Chen, Shing-Jen, Ed.; Furutsuka, Takashi, Ed.; Shirotani, Yukari, Ed. – 1997
This annual report discusses several topics related to the work of the Research and Clinical Center for Child Development at Hokkaido University in Japan. The articles are: (1) "Heart to Heart (Inter "Jo") Resonance: Taking Japanese Concept of Intersubjectivity Out of Everyday Life" (Shigeru Nakano); (2) "Intersubjectivity…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Development, Child Rearing
