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Peer reviewedWatson, 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
Download full textFinkelstein, Neal W.; Ramey, Craig T. – 1975
This study investigated the effects of prior experience with contingent or noncontingent stimulation of infants' ability to learn different responses to control perceptual stimulation. In the pretest phase, baseline rates of level movement, panel press and vocal responding were determined for each of the twelve, 6-month-old infants in the study.…
Descriptors: Attention, Attention Control, Contingency Management, Infant Behavior
Ramey, Craig T. – 1971
This paper deals with three areas concerning early vocal development: (1) review and critique of existing experimental evidence suggesting that early vocal behavior has the properties of an operant response, (2) speculations concerning the role of non-verbal vocal behavior in early psychological development, and (3) suggestions for future…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Hypothesis Testing, Infant Behavior, Language Acquisition
