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Download full textBrooks-Gunn, Jeanne; Lewis, Michael – 1975
This study explores the development of visual self-recgonition by examining the effect of rouge application on the subsequent mirror behavior of 96 infants, ages 9-24 months. Each infant was observed in front of a mirror in four consecutive conditions: (1) with no rouge applied to infant's nose (baseline), (2) with a dot of rouge on infant's nose,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis
Lewis, Michael – 1971
The literature on the psychological construct of state is reviewed, and it is proposed that state be defined in terms of an infant-environment interaction. Interactive behavior of 32 mother-infant dyads was observed in the home for a total of 2 hours for each pair, in order to explore various types of interactive processes and analyses. A…
Descriptors: Behavior, Heterogeneous Grouping, Home Visits, Infant Behavior
Gallas, Howard B.; Lewis, Michael – 1977
This study explored the relationship between the mother-infant interaction and the concurrent perceptual-cognitive and intellectual status of the infant. One hundred and eight-nine 12-week-old infants were given a battery of perceptual-cognitive tasks, including the Mental Developmental Index (MDI) of the Bayley Scales, the Corman-Escalona Scales…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
Lewis, Michael; Freedle, Roy – 1972
The early communication network existing between a mother and her 12-week-old infant was explored. Over 50 infants of both sexes from a variety of social classes were seen in their homes, and a wide variety of maternal and infant behaviors were studied. Of special interest was the vocalization-in-communication data. The results indicate a lawful,…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Lewis, Michael; And Others – 1974
The present series of studies was undertaken to explore intersensory processing in the very young. In the first experiment 1-, 4- and 7-month-old infants experienced simultaneously their mothers' faces and voices. The various conditions consisted of displacing the voice from the face. The results indicated that infants as young as one month of age…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Auditory Stimuli, Behavior Patterns, Identification (Psychology)
Lewis, Michael; Gallas, Howard – 1976
This study examines the effects of sex, socioeconomic status, birth order and birth spacing on the cognitive performance of 12-week-old infants. A brief review of research on neonatal cognitive ability is followed by a description of the study itself. The subjects, 189 three-month-old Caucasian infants (61 first borns, 58 second borns, and 49…
Descriptors: Birth Order, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Measurement, Infant Behavior
