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Belsky, Jay; Steinberg, Laurence D. – Children Today, 1979
Reviews research on intellectual, emotional, and social development of children in day care. (RH)
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience, Emotional Development
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Ramey, Craig T.; Haskins, Ron – Intelligence, 1981
In this response to the critiques by Jensen and McVicker Hunt, we focus on the meaning of g, the permanence of effects produced by early education, and the educational significance of IQ gains produced by early education programs. New longitudinal data from our study presented. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Early Experience, Educationally Disadvantaged, Followup Studies
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Rutter, Michael – Child Development, 1979
Critically reviews research since 1972 on maternal deprivation. Topics discussed include: the development of social relationships and the process of bonding; critical periods of development; links between childhood experiences and parenting behavior; influences on parenting; and possible reasons why so many children do not succumb to deprivation…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Early Experience, Individual Differences, Intellectual Development
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Cary, Emily P. – Roeper Review, 1987
A review of research indicates that early (including prenatal) continuous exposure to music not only positively influences children's advancing musical aptitude but also generates and increases children's abilities in some components of giftedness, such as problem solving, risk taking, and creativity. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Creative Development, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
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Hunt, J. McVicker – Intelligence, 1981
Ramey and Haskins report two findings of major importance: absence of decline in test scores and absence of mother-child correlation for treated children. Implications of these findings are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Early Experience, Educationally Disadvantaged, Heredity, Intellectual Development
Pines, Maya – Psychology Today, 1979
In an interview, J. McVicker Hunt discusses the role of children's interactions with their environments in raising intelligence, the general effects of Head Start, and the role of mothers in affecting their children's intelligence. (MH)
Descriptors: Child Development, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
Ounce of Prevention Fund. – 1996
Recent research has provided great insight into the impact of early experience on brain development. It is now believed that brain growth is highly dependent upon early experiences. Neurons allow communication and coordinated functioning among various brain areas. Brain development after birth consists of an ongoing process of wiring and rewiring…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Development, Child Neglect, Childhood Needs
Katz, Lilian G. – 1999
This paper discusses current perspectives on the education of young children in terms of five interrelated issues rooted in a developmental perspective: (1) the complexities of predicting the long-term developmental outcomes of early experience; (2) how to interpret gender differences in the long-term effects of different approaches to early years…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Style, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience