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Stern, Daniel N. – Journal of the American Academy of Child Psychiatry, 1971
An example of controlling" maternal behavior with 3 1/2-month-old twins is studied by a method of frame-by-frame film analysis. Characteristic infant behaviors regulating social contact with the mother are identified and followed through 15 months. (Author)
Descriptors: Eye Fixations, Home Visits, Infant Behavior, Mother Attitudes
Elkind, David; Sameroff, Arnold – Annu Rev Psychol, 1970
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior
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Coates, Brian; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1972
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis
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Corter, Carl M.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1972
The present study investigated some properties of the environment that control an infant's response to his mother's departure and, in particular, the readiness with which he follows her. (Authors)
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Family Environment, Infant Behavior
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Sameroff, Arnold J.; And Others – Child Development, 1982
Examines mother characteristics, child behavior, and mother's temperament ratings when their babies were 4 months old. The social status, anxiety level, and mental health status of the mother were all related to temperament ratings on the Carey Infant Temperament Questionnaire. Results suggest that individual differences in mothers may be the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Mental Health
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Honig, Alice Sterling – Young Children, 1982
Reviews recent research on mother-infant communication that takes into account both the infant's and parent's influences in interactions. Topics discussed include varieties of infant communications, cross-cultural research, the beginnings of communication patterns, assessment of communication effectiveness, and sequelae of differing mother-infant…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Infant Behavior
Sroufe, L. Alan – Outlook, 1981
Describes research with 12- to 18-month-old infants (N=108) determining whether the quality of an infant's attachment to his/her primary caregiver could predict the nature of his/her emerging personality. (CS)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Early Childhood Education, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Richards, John E.; Rader, Nancy – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1981
Two experiments tested the effects of crawling-onset age, amount of crawling experience, and testing age on avoidance of the deep side of a visual cliff apparatus by human infants. Crawling-onset age disciminated between infants because crawling during the tactile phase interferes with later visual control of locomotion. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Depth Perception, Infant Behavior, Infants, Motor Development
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Siegel, Linda S. – Child Development, 1981
Assesses ability of infant tests to predict language and cognitive development and to detect infants at risk for developmental problems. The Bayley Mental Development Index was particularly capable of detecting infants at risk for developmental delay. The Caldwell Inventory of Home Stimulation identified home environment as a key factor in…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Family Environment, Foreign Countries
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Cohen, Leslie B. – American Psychologist, 1979
Reviews research and current knowledge regarding infant auditory and visual perception and concludes that from a very early age, infants are able to perceive the world around them and organize their perceptual experience. Outlines areas for future research and application. (GC)
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Infant Behavior
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Routh, Donald K.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1978
Descriptors: Age Differences, Environmental Influences, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
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Peery, J. Craig; Stern, Daniel N. – Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1976
Gazing behavior of 10 twin infants (five male and five female) and their mothers were recorded weekly during the babies' fourth month of life. Videotape equipment was used in the home; data were gathered as naturalistically as possible. (Author/MS)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Mothers
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Lamb, Michael B. – Human Development, 1977
This article examines the view of infants as passive recipients of social stimulation. It is argued that progress in the understanding of sociopersonality development will be achieved only when the competence of infants and the multidimensionality of the infant social world are acknowledged. (MS)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Fathers, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Fagen, Jeffrey – Child Development, 1997
Trained 3-month olds to move an overhead crib mobile while one of two musical selections was played, and assessed retention one or seven days later in presence of same or different music. Found that infants displayed one-day retention regardless of musical selection. At seven days, retention was seen only when test music matched training music.…
Descriptors: Auditory Stimuli, Context Effect, Cues, Expectation
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Braungart-Rieker, Julia M.; Stifter, Cynthia A. – Child Development, 1996
Examined continuity, stability, and change in behaviors reflecting infant reactivity and regulation. Subjects were 100 infants of 5 and 10 months old. Found that infant behaviors during frustrating situations showed both change and continuity, but the relationship between reactivity and regulation changed in that both factors became more…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Child Psychology
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