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On Levels of Awareness of Objects in Infants and Students Thereof
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Gratch, Gerald – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1976
An account of studies conducted by author and others concerning Piaget's view of object concept development in infants. (HS)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Visual Tracking in Young Infants: Evidence for Object Identity or Object Permanence?
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And Others; Moore, M. Keith – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Age Differences, Conservation (Concept), Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Maternal Attachment to Infants During the Postnatal Period.
Jones, Freda A. – 1976
This paper presents an overview of the literature on mother-infant attachment behavior. Attachment is defined by Ainsworth as involving affection, discrimination, observable behavior, active participation by both parties, and reciprocal response. The process of attachment is seen by Stone, Smith, and Murphy as taking place in three stages over the…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior, Infants
The Development of Attachment Behaviors: An Organismic-Developmental Perspective
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Serafica, Felicisima C. – Human Development, 1978
Presents a developmental study of changes in infant attachment behaviors. Five groups of female infants, 8, 11, 14, 19, and 24 months of age, were observed during varying types of separation experiences. Changes in proximity behaviors and contact behaviors were analyzed. (BD)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development
Development of Self-Recognition in the Infant
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Bertenthal, Bennett I.; Fischer, Kurt W. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Presents a study of the development of self-recognition in infants from 6 to 24 months of age. The development of self-recognition is compared to the development of object permanence. (BD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
The Question of Decalage Between Object Permanence and Person Permanence
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And Others; Jackson, Elaine – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Presents a study of decalage between object permanence and person permanence. Decalage was influenced by environmental as well as stimulus factors with infants tested between 6- and 81/4-months/of-age. (BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Environmental Influences, Infant Behavior
The Onset of Representation and Entry into Stage 6 of Object Permanence Development
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Campos, Joseph J.; Ramsay, Douglas S. – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Attempts to determine whether infants' performance in two search tasks is related to their entry into Stage 6 of object permanence development (thereby testing Piaget's claim that only Stage 6 infants possess the capacity for representation). (BD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Development of Nonverbal Behavior in the First Three Years of Life.
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Iitaka, Kyoke; Yamada, Toshiko – 1977
This longitudinal study of the development of nonverbal behavior in the first 3 years of a child's life focuses on four factors: the relation between physical and vocal interaction between the child and his mother, observed cuses which can be used to interpret the child's communicative intent at different age levels, frequency of occurrence and…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Imitation, Infant Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis