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Peer reviewedKagan, Jerome – Child Development, 1997
Notes that 4-month olds who show a low threshold to become distressed and motorically aroused to unfamiliar stimuli are more likely than others to become fearful and subdued during early childhood, while infants who show a high arousal threshold are more likely to become bold and sociable. Considers implications for psychopathology and relation…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants, Personality
