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Kaitz, Marsha; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Ability of 26 newborns to imitate facial expressions was examined. When infants observed emotional facial expressions, they did not show imitative matching of the modeled expressions. However, when tongue protrusion was modeled, infants did produce the modeled gesture. (PCB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Facial Expressions, Foreign Countries

Hupp, Susan C.; Abbeduto, Leonard – Journal of Early Intervention, 1991
This study examined behaviors reflecting mastery motivation in 17 young (ages 2 and 3) children with moderate and severe cognitive delays. Results supported the application of the mastery motivation model to this group of children who used mastery behaviors significantly more often than lower level exploratory behaviors. Use of mastery behaviors…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Learning Motivation, Mental Retardation

Ozonoff, Sally; South, Mikle; Miller, Judith N. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2000
This study compared 23 children with high-functioning autism with 12 children with Asperger syndrome using DSM-IV diagnostic criteria. Findings indicated few group differences in current functioning but many early history differences. The Asperger syndrome group generally demonstrated less severe early symptoms, a milder developmental course, and…
Descriptors: Asperger Syndrome, Autism, Behavior Patterns, Child Development

Tucker, Brooke; Hafenstein, Norma Lu – Gifted Child Quarterly, 1997
Dabrowski's theory that sensitivity and intensity are characteristic of the psychological makeup of young gifted children was investigated in a qualitative study with five gifted children (ages 4 through 6). The study found the five overexcitabilities postulated by Dabrowski were manifested in the children's classroom and home behaviors. (DB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Psychology, Gifted

Bernabei, Paola; Camaioni, Luigia – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2001
This article reviews the developmental profile of a child with autism during the first 3 years of life. Analysis of home videos showed how the child appeared to make progress up to 12 months followed by decreases in social interaction, communication, and language. Discussion suggests that this particular profile is one of the possible pathways…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Development

Clingempeel, W. Glenn; Segal, Sion – Child Development, 1986
Examines the relations among the quality of stepparent-stepchild relationships, the frequency of visits from nonresident parents, and child outcomes in four types of stepfamilies. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Biological Parents, Child Development

Williams, Patricia Gail; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1996
This case study of two young males (ages 3 and 5) with autism who have preoccupations with feminine activities and objects addresses the establishment of gender identity in children with autism and the need for further study of the complex interplay of environmental and neurobiologic factors affecting gender identity and preoccupations in autism.…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Case Studies, Child Development

Gonzalez, Lori Stewart; Robinson, Dorothy – Infant-Toddler Intervention: The Transdisciplinary Journal, 2001
This study compared the linguistic, cognitive, and behavioral performance at 6-8 years of age of eight children born preterm and low birth weight (3-5 pounds) with that of 12 full-term peers. Quantitative analyses of performance profiles for all the children are provided. Findings found no significant differences between groups in linguistic,…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Birth Weight, Child Development, Cognitive Development
Radke-Yarrow, Marian – 1987
Families in which one or both parents are diagnosed as being depressed are observed in this ongoing study of how the behavior of depressed parents relates to the child's present and long-term development. Each family which enters the study has a child approximately two years old and a child between five and seven years old. Families are initially…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Child Rearing

Urquhart, Marilyn K. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1993
Findings of a study of 32 infants attending a neonatal intensive care unit follow-up clinic included mechanically ventilated infants were more irritable than nonventilated infants; infants from lower income families were fussier than infants from higher income families; 5-minute Apgar scores were more predictive of infants' success on a visual…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Family Income
Convergent Developments: Cognitive-Developmental Correlates of Growth in Infant/Toddler Peer Skills.

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

Kurita, Hiroshi; And Others – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1992
Eighteen cases of disintegrative psychosis (DP) were compared with 52 cases of infantile autism (IA) with speech loss and 145 IA cases without speech loss. DP cases showed clearer regression after more satisfactory development than the IA cases with speech loss, and by age seven were more severely retarded but similar in autistic symptomatology to…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Comparative Analysis

Hoy, Elizabeth A.; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Reviews recent product-oriented outcome studies from the perspective of whether VLBW (very low birthweight) infants born since 1975 (when intensive care methods became relatively stabilized in effectiveness) show behavioral problems, intellectual impairment, linguistic or social deficits. (RWB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Birth Weight, Child Development

McKinney, James D.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Research and Practice, 1993
The Carolina Longitudinal Learning Disabilities Project identified 42 first- and second-grade students with learning disabilities (LD) and compared their development over 5 years with that of randomly selected peers. Different variables were predictive for the two groups. Teacher perceptions of intelligence, measured intelligence quotient, grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Grade Repetition
Myers, Jeanette S.; St. Lawrence, Theodora J. – 1983
Videotape recordings and transcriptions of sequences of drama sessions in 10 elementary classrooms were analyzed to explore the utility of an anthropological perspective in assessing the nature of children's participation in improvisational drama project activities. Approximately 270 children and their teachers received seven and one half hours of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development, Classroom Communication