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Peer reviewedFeldman, Judith F.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1980
Deals with sex differences in three types of nonelicited newborn behaviors, easily observable with the unaided eye: (1) states, (2) activity levels, and (3) several discrete behaviors such as spontaneous behavior and specific motor patterns. Subjects were 289 male and 272 female Black infants. (MP)
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior, Infants
Download full textPedersen, Frank A.; And Others – 1973
This document reports a study investigating the effects of father absence on measures of cognitive, social, and motivational development in infancy. The sample included 54 black infants, 27 of whom were classified "father-absent." This classification was based on two indices, (1) a dichotomy of father-absent or father-present based on…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development, Fatherless Family
Emory, E. Kenneth; And Others – 1976
The effects of low, full (normal) and high birthweights on the broad range of neonatal behaviors measured by the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale were investigated in a study which also attempted to replicate results of the authors' earlier study of the Brazelton Scale. Data from the original sample of 52 infants were included in the later…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention, Behavior Rating Scales, Behavioral Science Research
