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Kretch, Kari S.; Adolph, Karen E. – Child Development, 2013
Infants require locomotor experience to behave adaptively at a drop-off. However, different experimental paradigms (visual cliff and actual gaps and slopes) have generated conflicting findings regarding what infants learn and the specificity of their learning. An actual, adjustable drop-off apparatus was used to investigate whether learning to…
Descriptors: Infants, Psychomotor Skills, Infant Behavior, Fear
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Berger, Sarah E.; Adolph, Karen E.; Lobo, Sharon A. – Child Development, 2005
This study examined whether 16-month-old walking infants take the material composition of a handrail into account when assessing its effectiveness as a tool to augment balance. Infants were encouraged to cross from one platform to another via bridges of various widths (10, 20, 40cm) with either a wobbly (foam or latex) or a wooden handrail…
Descriptors: Child Development, Physical Activities, Infant Behavior, Toddlers