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Barr, Rachel; Lauricella, Alexis; Zach, Elizabeth; Calvert, Sandra L. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2010
This study described the relations among the amount of child-directed versus adult-directed television exposure at ages 1 and 4 with cognitive outcomes at age 4. Sixty parents completed 24-hour television diaries when their children were 1 and 4 years of age. At age 4, their children also completed a series of cognitive measures and parents…
Descriptors: Programming (Broadcast), Young Children, Diaries, Mass Media Effects
Barr, Rachel – 1999
This study examined the development of imitation under naturalistic conditions. Participating were 320 parents, who provided diary records of imitation by their 12-, 15-, and 18-month-old infants over a 7-day period. Approximately half of the infants were first-borns and half had older siblings. The findings indicated that infants of all ages…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Diaries, Foreign Countries