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Considering the Role of Positive Emotion in the Early Emergence of Prosocial Behavior: Commentary on Hammond and Drummond (2019)
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Eisenberg, Nancy – Developmental Psychology, 2020
In this commentary, I delineate several questions raised by the Hammond and Drummond (2019) paper: (a) to why there seems to be an association between state positive emotion and prosocial behavior in young children, and if and how early positively tinged prosocial behavior provides a pathway to (b) later prosocial behavior more generally…
Descriptors: Prosocial Behavior, Positive Attitudes, Psychological Patterns, Young Children
Some Additional Influences Shaping the Development of Behavior.
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Reite, Martin – Child Development, 1987
The role played by neuroembryological forces in shaping brain development is well documented in Nowakowski's (1987) article. Additional mechanisms whereby experience may influence brain structure and function are outlined. Several routes exist by which postnatal experiential influences may produce long-term alterations in behavior and…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Early Experience
Temperament as a Potential Developmental Influence on Attachment.
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Goldsmith, H. Hill; And Others – New Directions for Child Development, 1986
Discusses the potential role of temperament dimensions for the development of mother-infant attachment relations as measured by the Strange Situation Assessment. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Individual Differences, Infants
Parenting and the Hearing Impaired: Attachment and Coping.
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Leigh, Irene W. – Volta Review, 1987
The author provides parents with information and suggestions about ways to alleviate strains placed on the natural attachment (bonding) process when their child has a hearing impairment. Strategies to foster the child's communicative and behavioral development are presented and the roles of parental responsivity, letting go, and fathers are…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Children, Coping
The Emergence of Social Play in Infancy: A Proposed Developmental Sequence of Infant-Adult Social Play.
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Whaley, Kimberlee Kiehl – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1990
Suggests that play begins with infant-adult interaction soon after birth rather than with much later peer interactions. Proposes a developmental sequence of infant play that reverses the sequences of the Howes peer play scale, and cites pertinent literature to support that proposal. (BC)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Child Caregivers, Child Development
Caring for the Little Ones. When Parents Have a Hard Time Separating and They Don't Want to Go Home.
Wenig, Heather – Child Care Information Exchange, 1996
Discusses two problems related to young children's arrival to and departure from child care centers: parents who have a hard time separating from their children in the morning; and children who cry and do not want to go home at the end of the school day. (AA)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Caregiver Child Relationship
Childhood Experience, Interpersonal Development, and Reproductive Strategy: An Evolutionary Theory of Socialization.
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Belsky, Jay; And Others – Child Development, 1991
The concept of reproductive strategy is applied to the study of childhood experience and interpersonal development to develop an evolutionary theory of socialization. The relationship between this theory and prevailing theories of socialization is considered, and research consistent with the evolutionary theory is reviewed. Discusses directions…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Adults, Attachment Behavior