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Lin, Hung-Chu; Janice, Josephine – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 2020
In a paradigm of simulated stranger distress designed to elicit empathic arousal, this study examined multiple elements of responding in 61 preschoolers. Disengagement from stranger distress was underscored in addition to prosocial responding. All children encountered a female adult stranger feigning stomach ache followed by an infant manikin…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Prosocial Behavior, Stranger Reactions, Preschool Children
Mooney, Carol Garhart – Redleaf Press, 2010
Learn what prominent theorists say about bonding, attachment, separation and stranger anxiety, and the best practices for infant care. This introductory guide makes it easy to learn about John Bowlby, Mary Ainsworth, Magda Gerber, John Kennell, Marshall Klaus, and T. Berry Brazelton.
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Separation Anxiety
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Porter, Christin L.; Jones, Blake L.; Evans, Cortney A.; Robinson, Clyde C. – Infancy, 2009
This study examined both differential patterns and the stability of infants' (N = 70) distress reactivity across mother and stranger arm-restraint conditions when infants were 6 and 9 months of age. Reactivity measures included observational variables for the rise, intensity, and duration of infant distress as well as motor activities associated…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Stranger Reactions, Infant Behavior
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Meins, Elizabeth; Fernyhough, Charles; Arnott, Bronia; Vittorini, Lucia; Turner, Michelle; Leekam, Susan R.; Parkinson, Kathryn – Infancy, 2011
Relations between infant-mother attachment security at 15 months and infants' (N = 206) joint attention behaviors (a) with an experimenter at 8 and 15 months, and (b) with their mothers at 15 months were investigated. No concurrent or longitudinal relations were observed between attachment security and infants' tendency to respond to an…
Descriptors: Mothers, Infants, Attachment Behavior, Individual Differences
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Rand, Colleen S. W.; Jennings, Kay D. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Infants, Research, Stranger Reactions
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Ross, Hildy S. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1975
The influence of the presence and novelty of an adult stranger on the reactions of 36 full-term year-old infants was investigated. Subjects were placed near their mothers in a room containing a new toy and either the same, a different, or no adult stranger for eight 4-minute trials. (Author/GO)
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Change, Infants, Stranger Reactions
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Weinraub, Marsha; Putney, Estill – Child Development, 1978
Descriptors: Body Height, Height, Infants, Research
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Klein, Robert P.; Durfee, Joan T. – Child Development, 1976
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Research
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Langlois, Judith H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1990
Two studies examined social responses to attractive and unattractive faces on the part of 123 infants of 12 months. Results suggest that visual and behavioral preferences for attractiveness are exhibited much earlier in life than was previously thought. (RH)
Descriptors: Infants, Interpersonal Attraction, Social Behavior, Stranger Reactions
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Fein, Greta G. – Developmental Psychology, 1975
This study examined the stranger reactions of 18-month-old children in three types of mother/stranger social contexts: (1) no interaction, (2) conversation only, or (3) playing cards. The results showed differential responding by condition, suggesting that 18-month-olds are sensitive to the background context of social encounters.
Descriptors: Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Social Background, Stranger Reactions
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Trause, Mary Anne – Child Development, 1977
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Research, Sex Differences
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Ross, Hildy S.; Goldman, Barbara Davis – Child Development, 1977
A comparison was made of the behaviors of 64 12-month-old infants in situations where adult female strangers played either an active or a passive role. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Females, Infant Behavior, Infants, Social Relations
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Paradise, Eleanor B.; Curcio, Frank – Developmental Psychology, 1974
This study of 9 to 10-month-old fearful and non-fearful males examined the relationship of cognitive and affective variables to fear of strangers. (DP)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Cognitive Processes, Fear, Infants
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Kotelchuck, Milton; And Others – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Responses
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Bretherton, Inge – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1978
This study tested the hypothesis that one year old infants' wary behavior toward an unfamiliar female adult would decrease and affiliative behavior would significantly increase in the course of a relatively brief period. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Friendship, Infant Behavior, Infants, Research
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