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Brugger, Amy; Lariviere, Leslie Adams; Mumme, Donna L.; Bushnell, Emily W. – Child Development, 2007
Two studies were conducted to investigate how 14- to 16-month-old infants select actions to imitate from the stream of events. In each study, an experimenter demonstrated two actions leading to an interesting effect. Aspects of the first action were manipulated and whether infants performed this action when given the objects was observed. In both…
Descriptors: Infants, Imitation, Visual Stimuli, Observation
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Laible, Deborah; Panfile, Tia; Makariev, Drika – Child Development, 2008
The goal of this study was to examine the links among attachment, child temperament, and the quality and frequency of mother-toddler conflict. Sixty-four mothers and children took part in a series of laboratory tasks when the child was 30 months of age and an audio-recorded home observation when the child was 36 months of age. All episodes of…
Descriptors: Mothers, Conflict, Toddlers, Parent Child Relationship
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Tudge, Jonathan R. H.; Doucet, Fabienne; Odero, Dolphine; Sperb, Tania M.; Piccinini, Cesar A.; Lopes, Rita S. – Child Development, 2006
A powerful means to understand young children's normative development in context is to examine their everyday activities. The daily activities of 79 children (3 years old) were observed, for 20 hr each, in their usual settings. Children were selected from 4 cultural groups: European American and African American (Greensboro, United States), Luo…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Social Development, Observation