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deVries, Marten; Super, Charles M. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1978
Argues that using the Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale outside the standard hospital setting introduces variations in the physical and social context that influence scores on some of the behavioral items. (Author/BH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Environmental Influences, Infant Behavior
Diblasio, C. M.; And Others – 1991
This study investigated the contributions of parent, infant, and contextual variables to the prediction of maternal ratings of infant temperament. Between the time when they gave birth and six months after the birth, 104 mothers completed measures of parenting attitudes, maternal anxiety and depression, family social support, demographic…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Anxiety, Child Rearing, Infant Behavior
Smillie, D. – 1978
This paper briefly reviews studies pertaining to the imitation of facial gestures in early infancy. It is suggested that imitation provides for the initiation of a reciprocal exchange between mother and infant, but does not sustain such an interaction, since this requires a continually varied and changing pattern of gestures. Thus there is an…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Imitation, Infant Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This booklet offers guidance to parents in caring for their newborn babies. Advice is given on the following topics: (1) newborn health screening; (2) what a healthy newborn looks like; (3) newborn reflexes; (4) baby checkups; (5) fathers' role; (6) the baby blues; (7) sleeping position; (8) breast milk; (9) breast feeding; (10) bottle feeding;…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This booklet offers guidance to parents in caring for their newborn babies. Advice is given on the following topics: (1) newborn health screening; (2) what a healthy newborn looks like; (3) newborn reflexes; (4) baby checkups; (5) fathers' role; (6) the baby blues; (7) sleeping position; (8) breast milk; (9) breast feeding; (10) bottle feeding;…
Descriptors: Breastfeeding, Child Development, Child Health, Child Rearing
Nadel, Jacqueline, Ed.; Butterworth, George, Ed. – 1999
Modern research has suggested that imitation is a natural mechanism of learning and communication, yet the possibility of imitation in newborn humans has been controversial. This book looks at evidence for innate imitation in babies. The chapters in the first section of the book reassess the Piagetian tradition, especially concerning the relation…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Communication Research
Cole, Jean Gardner – 1993
The behavior of the infant with prenatal drug exposure (PDE) is different from a nonexposed infant, and it is a difference that changes the rules of interaction for the caregiver. Infants exposed to opiates such as heroin or methadone demonstrate very specific signs of neurobehavioral dysfunction as they go through classic withdrawal symptoms.…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Caregiver Child Relationship, Caregiver Role
Greenspan, Stanley I., Ed.; Pollock, George H., Ed. – 1980
This volume is the first in "The Course of Life" series which contains original contributions from an international group of scientists and clinicians who have produced much of the current knowledge about the phases of human personality development. These contributions cover the continuum of human development from the prenatal phase…
Descriptors: Developmental Stages, Emotional Problems, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
McCord, Ivalee – 1976
This book on the social and psychological development of the infant (0-1 year) is designed for use in a foster parent training program. The book is divided into 5 parts. Part I briefly lists the expected social and psychological behaviors for each 2-month period of the infant's first year, suggests adult responses and guidance techniques…
Descriptors: Child Care, Emotional Development, Foster Family, Individual Differences
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Michel, George F. – Science, 1981
Suggests that since most newborn infants (65%) preferred to lie with their heads turned to the right, whereas 15% showed a distinct preference for the left, right head-orientation preference may contribute to the early development of right-handedness. (Author/SK)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), College Science, Development, Handwriting
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Lipsitt, Lewis P. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
Reviews studies of infant behavior and development. Delineates a behavioral hypothesis relating prenatal and neonatal risk factors in infancy to crib death. The mutual dependence of experience and neurostructural development suggests that infancy is a period of critical learning experiences. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Experiential Learning, Infant Behavior
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Als, Heidelise; Butler, Samantha; Kosta, Sandra; McAnulty, Gloria – Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews, 2005
The Assessment of Preterm Infants' Behavior (APIB) is a newborn neurobehavioral assessment appropriate for preterm, at risk, and full-term newborns, from birth to 1 month after expected due date. The APIB is based in ethological--evolutionary thought and focuses on the assessment of mutually interacting behavioral subsystems in simultaneous…
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Neonates, Infant Behavior, Measurement Techniques
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Horowitz, Frances Degen – 1977
This paper discusses issues connected with the reliability of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS) in terms of behavior prediction, neonatal behavioral organization and stability, and consequent implications for study of newborns. Discussion focuses on: (1) reliability, and (2) prediction and neonatal assessment. The NBAS is seen as a…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Development, Environmental Influences
Kilgo, Jennifer; And Others – Journal of the Division for Early Childhood, 1988
Ten preterm infants in a neonatal intensive care unit were provided with tactile-kinesthetic stimulation. Following treatment, the infants' weight gains and performance on the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale significantly increased, compared to 10 control-group infants, also preterm. The groups showed no differences on length of hospital…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Body Weight, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Weisenfreund, Anat – 1995
This thesis discusses normal principles of infant development during the first 2 to 3 months of life and applies these principles to the provision of services to drug-exposed infants. Emphasis is on the infant as an active and interactive participant in his/her own development, the primacy of the body during this early developmental period, and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cultural Influences, Disabilities, Early Intervention
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