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Rejoinder to Lovaas and Smith, Mulick and Meinhold, and Baumeister.
Guess, Doug; Carr, Edward – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
This rejoinder to critiques (EC 602 213-215) of the authors' article (EC 602 212) on stereotypy and self-injury in the disabled responds to specific objections raised, including misleading statements, failure to address other existing models, misunderstandings, and need to include neurochemical factors. (DB)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Developmental Stages
Emergence of Compulsive Behavior and Tantrums in Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Dimitropoulos, A.; Feurer, I. D.; Butler, M. G.; Thompson, T. – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2001
Analysis of questionnaires completed by parents of young children with either Prader-Willi syndrome (N=84), Down syndrome (N=56), or typically developing (N=86), found children with Prader-Willi exhibited more compulsions, skin-picking, and tantrums than did the other groups. Discriminant analysis identified two functions (developmental milestones…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Developmental Stages, Downs Syndrome
Developmental Changes in the Influence of Sex-Role Stereotypes on Person Perception.
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Sigelman, Carol K.; And Others – Child Study Journal, 1986
Examines the reactions of children in grades 3-4, 7-8, and 11-12 to boys and girls whose behavior was either masculine-stereotyped or feminine-stereotyped along the dimensions of steadiness/excitability, adventurousness/timidity, and rudeness/politeness. (Author/HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Children, Developmental Stages
Emergence and Maintenance of Stereotype and Self-Injury.
Guess, Doug; Carr, Edward – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 1991
A three-level model explains the emergence and maintenance of rhythmic stereotypy and self-injury in disabled individuals: Level 1, internally regulated rhythmic behaviors; Level 2, stereotypy and self-injury as adaptive responses to understimulating or overstimulating environments; and Level 3, stereotypy and self-injury as learned behaviors to…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Developmental Stages
Convergent Developments: Cognitive-Developmental Correlates of Growth in Infant/Toddler Peer Skills.
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Brownell, Celia A. – Child Development, 1986
Reviews and integrates several aspects of peer interaction in the infant/toddler period. Reveals convergence between age-related changes in social skills and similarly timed cognitive developments. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Children's Reasoning about the Causes of Human Behavior.
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Miller, Patricia H. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1985
Examined the ability of three-year-olds, four-year-olds, kindergartners, and second graders to predict how certain internal and external conditions affect behavior. In two studies, a forced-choice procedure revealed that even the youngest group could predict the effect of various causes, while a third study examined more complex types of causal…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development
Children's Impressions of Other Persons: The Effects of Temporal Separation of Behavioral Information.
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Rholes, William S.; Ruble, Diane N. – Child Development, 1986
Examines the implications of temporal separation for children's developmental differences in inferences drawn about an individual's characteristics after observing multiple instances of that individual's behavior. Also tests two competing hypotheses about how young children process information separated in time. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development