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Reactions to Response-Contingent Stimulation in Early Infancy
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Watson, John S.; Ramey, Craig T. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
Data is from a short-term longitudinal study conducted at the Institute of Human Development which involved presenting two weeks of a special contingency experience to infants between their eighth and tenth weeks. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Infant Behavior, Infants, Responses
Smiling and Vocalizing: A Cognitive Emphasis
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Zelazo, Philip R. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
Portions of this paper were read as part of a symposium on The Meaning of Smiling and Vocalizing in Infancy'' at the 1970 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, September, 1970. (Editor)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Habit Formation, Infant Behavior, Literature Reviews
Learning and Memory in Infants.
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Lipsitt, Lewis P. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
Discusses important recent strides in the documentation and understanding of the infant's learning and memory capacity. Focuses on the psychobiology of learning, hedonic mediation of approach-avoidance and learned behavior, infant memory, and critical conditions of infancy and behavioral misadventures. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Learning Processes
Smiling and Vocalization in Infants as Indices of Perceptual-Cognitive Processes
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McCall, Robert B. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
Based upon a paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, 1970. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
Smiling, Cooing, and "The Game"
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Watson, John S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
Portions of this paper were read as part of a symposium on The Meaning of Smiling and Vocalizing in Infancy'' at the 1970 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, September, 1970. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Environmental Influences
Selection of Developmental Assessment Techniques for Infants at Risk
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Parmelee, Arthur H., Jr.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1976
Contending that developmental disability is defined by cognitive and affective performance as well as hazardous biological events, the authors consider multiple factors as cumulative in placing an infant at risk for future developmental disability. A risk scoring system based on biological and behavioral factors in an additive manner is presented.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Infant Behavior, Infants
Longitudinal Relationships between Habituation and Temperament in Infancy.
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Smith, P. Hull; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1997
Examined predictive validity of measures of infant habituation and later aspects of temperament. Found babies who habituated sooner (fewer trials to criterion) at five months of age and had fewer peak fixations during habituation were rated by mothers as more active, intense, and negative in mood, and less persistent and adaptable. Age differences…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Habituation, Infant Behavior, Infants
Playful Interaction and the Antecedents of Attachment: A Longitudinal Study of Central American and Euro-American Mothers and Infants.
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Leyendecker, Birgit; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1997
Examined maternal and infant behaviors, behavioral coordination, maternal response, and nonresponse in relation to security of attachment. Subjects were 40 Euro-American mothers and 39 Central American immigrant mothers studied when their infants were 4-, 8-, and 12-months-old. Found that individual differences on measures of maternal response and…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Individual Differences
Infants' Response to Live and Replay Interactions with Self and Mother.
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Bigelow, Ann E.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1996
Explored infants' responses to live and replay interactions with mothers and their own images. Found that to their mothers, infants decreased attention, length of first gazes, and smiling from initial live feedback to replay, and that responses to subsequent live feedback generally remained suppressed. Also found that infants did not show a…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affective Measures, Attention, Infant Behavior