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McGuire, Jacqueline – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1988
Forty British parents of two-year-olds were asked about gender-related adult roles, beliefs about gender differences in children's behavior, and whether they perceived their own child in terms of gender-specific behavior. The majority of children were perceived as conforming to gender stereotypes. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Behavior Standards, Infant Behavior, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
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Mosier, Christine E.; Rogoff, Barbara – Child Development, 1994
Sixty-four mother-infant pairs were videotaped during structured episodes in which the mother challenged the infant to use her instrumentally to get access to or to operate a toy. At age 6 months the infants could use their mothers instrumentally in 36% of the episodes, increasing to 67% at 9 months and 78% at 13 months. (MDM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
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Smith-Gray, Sybil; Koester, Lynne Sanford – American Annals of the Deaf, 1995
This study compared efforts of 20 deaf and 20 hearing infants to reengage their deaf or hearing mothers in a maternal "still-face" situation. When all kinds of infant signal behaviors were considered, few overall differences were found in eliciting efforts by deaf and hearing infants. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cues, Deafness, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Bohlin, Gunilla; And Others – Early Development and Parenting, 1994
Parents with colicky and noncolicky infants answered questions about infant behavior expectations. Parents with colicky infants described infant behavior and expectations for infants at 3 months more negatively; there were no significant group differences for infants at the 8- to 11-month current situation. However, the amount of infant colicky…
Descriptors: Child Health, Child Rearing, Crying, Infant Behavior
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Olswang, Lesley B.; Pinder, Gay Lloyd – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 1995
Object play and communication development were studied with four infants with cerebral palsy, involving time spent with objects, types of object play, and object selection. As coordinated looking between object and adult emerged, children demonstrated increased interest in objects and sophistication in their play behaviors. (SW)
Descriptors: Cerebral Palsy, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Bronson, Gordon W. – Child Development, 1994
Examined the visual scanning patterns of infants ages 6, 10, and 13 weeks who viewed static geometric figures. Measures of fixation dwell-times, saccade lengths, and the choices and sequences of saccadic targets revealed that, although younger infants demonstrated salience-guided scanning behavior, older infants increasingly utilized volitional…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Developmental Stages, Eye Fixations, Individual Power
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Hertsgaard, Louise; And Others – Child Development, 1995
Examined the stress vulnerability of infants with disorganized/disoriented attachment patterns by measuring salivatory cortisol levels in 19-month olds following the Ainsworth Strange Situation procedure. Indicates that infants' disorganized attachment behavior reflects a vulnerability to stressful stimulation, suggesting a model of stress…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Emotional Response, Infant Behavior
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Sullivan, Margaret Wolan; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
Infants at two, four, and six months of age learned a string-pulling task and were tested again two months later. Individual differences in emotional expressions of anger during extinction, and interest and enjoyment during learning, were stable over the two-month interval. (BC)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anger, Attention, Extinction (Psychology)
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DiPietro, Janet A.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1992
In a study of 24 preterm and 24 full-term infants at 8 months, infants who reacted to a novel stimulus with increased vagal tone showed more focused examination and exhibited greater exploratory play range than those whose vagal tone decreased with the stimulus. (LB)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Auditory Stimuli, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Toda, Sueko; Fogel, Alan – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Observed the behavior of 37 infants in response to their mothers' normal and still face. Infants reduced their smiling and increased their gazing away from mother during the still face condition compared to normal face condition. Compared to three month olds, six month olds were more likely to use hand activities while gazing away from mother. (MM)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Emotional Response, Facial Expressions
Legg, Jackie – Child Care Information Exchange, 1993
Toddlers may bite as a reaction to being forced to be part of a group. Toddlers communicate in a physical manner but do not always connect the social consequences with their actions. By analyzing the circumstances surrounding a biting incident, teachers can redirect the child's energy and avoid a situation where biting might occur. (PAM)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Infant Behavior
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Pederson, David R.; And Others – Child Development, 1990
Observers used two Q-sorts to describe mothers' and infants' behavior at home. Mothers of more difficult children were less sensitive than other mothers. There was a strong relation between maternal sensitivity and infant attachment. Mothers of more secure infants noticed and enjoyed their babies more than mothers of less secure infants. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Family Environment, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Mebert, Carolyn J. – Child Development, 1991
Parents completed the Infant Characteristics Questionnaire (ICQ), and their depression and anxiety were measured, during pregnancy and the postpartum period. The ICQ scores formed two components in the mothers' analysis, and one in the fathers'analysis. Predictors of postpartum ICQ scores were the postpartum ICQ components and the anxiety and…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Child Rearing, Depression (Psychology), Infant Behavior
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Squires, Jane; Bricker, Diane – Journal of Early Intervention, 1991
This study evaluated the effects of completing infant development questionnaires on mothers whose ability to provide an appropriate caregiving environment for their infants was suspect. The 18 mothers who completed the questionnaire were found to be more accurate observers of their infants than 18 control mothers who had not completed the…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Development, Child Rearing, Evaluation Methods
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Marlowe, Dana – Montessori Life, 1999
Describes infant and toddler biting behavior as related to developmental differences in exploring the environment, learning cause-effect relationships, and using power to elicit a response. Discusses ways to deal with biting at each level, how to support parents dealing with the behavior at home, and the importance of taking biting related to…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Caregiver Child Relationship, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
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