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Buttelmann, David; Zmyj, Norbert; Daum, Moritz; Carpenter, Malinda – Child Development, 2013
Recent research has shown that infants are more likely to engage with in-group over out-group members. However, it is not known whether infants' learning is influenced by a model's group membership. This study investigated whether 14-month-olds ("N" = 66) selectively imitate and adopt the preferences of in-group versus out-group members.…
Descriptors: Infants, Imitation, Preferences, Infant Behavior
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Graf, Frauke; Lamm, Bettina; Goertz, Claudia; Kolling, Thorsten; Freitag, Claudia; Spangler, Sibylle; Fassbender, Ina; Teubert, Manuel; Vierhaus, Marc; Keller, Heidi; Lohaus, Arnold; Schwarzer, Gudrun; Knopf, Monika – Infant and Child Development, 2012
Three-month-old Cameroonian Nso farmer and German middle-class infants were compared regarding learning and retention in a computerized mobile task. Infants achieving a preset learning criterion during reinforcement were tested for immediate and long-term retention measured in terms of an increased response rate after reinforcement and after a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Infants, Middle Class, Learning Processes
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Strassburg, H. M.; Bretthauer, Y.; Kustermann, W. – Early Child Development and Care, 2006
Paying attention to development and the earliest possible detection of relevant development disturbances during the first year are among the essential responsibilities of the paediatrician. We present a questionnaire for the documentation of the developmental progress of babies, having been compiled in the Loczy Institute in Budapest, according to…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Infants, Motor Development, Child Development
Papousek, Mechthild, Ed.; Schieche, Michael, Ed.; Wurmser, Harald, Ed. – ZERO TO THREE, 2007
For every five healthy babies and infants, there is at least one who brings unusual stresses for its parents with behaviors such as inconsolable crying, sleep disorders, refusal to eat, chronic moodiness, incessant demands for attention, fearful clinging, or tantrums. Available for the first time in English, this influential German collection…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Pediatrics, Infants, Psychopathology
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De Lisi, Richard – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1994
Reviews six books on child cognitive and emotional development. The books address the following topics: the assessment of cognitive competence; children's theories of mind; early grammatical development; the psychological consequences of parental belief systems for children; the role of culture in human development; and perspectives from…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Cultural Influences