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Visual Experience Influences 12-Month-Old Infants' Perception of Goal-Directed Actions of Others
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Myowa-Yamakoshi, Masako; Kawakita, Yuka; Okanda, Mako; Takeshita, Hideko – Developmental Psychology, 2011
In the present study, we investigated whether infants' own visual experiences affected their perception of the visual status of others engaging in goal-directed actions. In Experiment 1, infants viewed video clips of successful and failed goal-directed actions performed by a blindfolded adult, with half the infants having previously experienced…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Infants, Memory, Visual Perception
Structure and Dimensions of Maternal Perceptions of Japanese Infant Temperament.
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Schwalb, Barbara J.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1994
Using a new temperament inventory (the Japanese Temperament Questionnaire) developed from the free responses of Japanese mothers asked to describe their infants' behavioral styles, 469 mothers rated behaviors observed in their 1-, 3-, or 6-month-old baby. Results suggest that mothers' perceptions of infant temperament are both pancultural and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
Japanese and American Infants' Responses to Arm Restraint.
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Camras, Linda A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Measured 5- and 12-month-old Japanese and U.S. infants' responses to an arm restraint procedure. Found that older infants exhibited shorter response latencies and produced more negative facial expressions than did younger infants. Among five month olds, U.S. infants produced negative facial expressions more quickly than did Japanese infants. (BC)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Facial Expressions
Perception of Motherese in a Signed Language by 6-Month-Old Deaf Infants.
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Masataka, Nobuo – Developmental Psychology, 1996
Examined whether the characteristics in perception of speech sounds found in preverbal hearing infants might extend to the perception of signed language in infants with congenital deafness. Seventeen Japanese mother-infant dyads participated in the study. Found that infants with deafness showed greater attentional and affective responsiveness to…
Descriptors: Caregiver Speech, Child Language, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Primary Appraisal of the Strange Situation: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Preseparation Episodes.
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Sagi, Abraham; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1991
A cross-national comparison of infant behavior in the Strange Situation was designed to determine whether preseparation episodes made any difference in attachment classifications and whether infant behavior before separation from mother was the same in different countries. Infants in different countries made similar primary appraisals of the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries