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Peer reviewedKagan, Jerome – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1982
Provides further support for the contention held by Thomas, Chess, and Korn (1982) that the concept of difficult temperament is not totally a construction of the parents. (MP)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Development, Children, Infants
Peer reviewedBoyce, W. Thomas; Essex, Marilyn J.; Alkon, Abbey; Smider, Nancy A.; Pickrell, Tyler; Kagan, Jerome – Child Development, 2002
Examined associations between tympanic membrane (TM) temperature asymmetries and biobehavioral attributes of 4- to 8- year-old children. Found shared patterns of associations that linked TM temperature lateralities to individual differences in behavior and socioaffective difficulties. Found that warmer left TMs were associated with affectively…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems
Peer reviewedKagan, Jerome – School Review, 1972
Deals with biologically based sex differences in early childhood. Strategy is to assume that the earlier a particular behavioral difference appears in the life cycle, the more likely it is influenced by biological factors. Such biological influences may lead to differences in fear, cognitive functioning and variability between boys and girls.…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Biological Influences, Cognitive Development, Early Experience
