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Some Additional Influences Shaping the Development of Behavior.
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Reite, Martin – Child Development, 1987
The role played by neuroembryological forces in shaping brain development is well documented in Nowakowski's (1987) article. Additional mechanisms whereby experience may influence brain structure and function are outlined. Several routes exist by which postnatal experiential influences may produce long-term alterations in behavior and…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Early Experience
Theories of Transitional Object Attachment: An Overview.
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Litt, Carole J. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Reviews the major transitional object (TO) theories in terms of origin, development, and psychological meaning. Examines the validity of TO (intense, persistent attachments young children develop for blankets, soft toys, and bits of cloth) theory in light of current empirical knowledge of TO behavior. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Development, Child Psychology
The Origins of Young Children's Perceived Control: Mother Contingent and Sensitive Behavior.
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Skinner, Ellen A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Investigates the belief that caregivers' sensitive and contingent behavior is closely related to children's perceived control by analyzing the interactions between mothers and their 3 1/2- to 4 1/2-year-old children during a problem-solving task. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Child Caregivers
The Ability to Negotiate the Environment: An Aspect of Infant Competence as Related to Quality of Attachment.
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Cassidy, Jude – Child Development, 1986
Explores the relation between the infant's ability to negotiate the environment and the quality of the infant-mother attachment relationship. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
Infant Abuse and Neglect: Lessons from the Primate Laboratory.
Reite, Martin – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
Four studies involving 40 pigtail monkeys are described in which relatively short separation experiences in infancy were associated with evidence of persistent changes in social behavioral function (less sociability, fewer close friends) and immunological function (suppression of lymphocyte proliferation) up to 6 years later. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
The Influence of Attachment Pattern on Developmental Changes in Peer Interaction from the Toddler to the Preschool Period.
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Jacobson, Joseph L.; Wille, Diane E. – Child Development, 1986
Investigates the influence of infant-mother attachment patterns on the development of peer interaction between the toddler and preschool periods. Notes that, in an initial encounter with an unfamiliar peer, attachment patterns appear to be related more to the child's attractiveness as an interactive partner than to the child's own active interest…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Emotional Development
Emotional Development: The Organization of Emotional Life in the Early Years. Cambridge Studies in Social and Educational Development.
Sroufe, L. Alan – 1996
Written for researchers and clinicians, this book integrates key perspectives in order to illuminate common beliefs about core processes of emotional development. The book is divided into three parts. Part 1 discusses the nature of emotional development. Topics covered here include: (1) questions relevant in a developmental assessment of emotions;…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development