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Bell, Colleen S.; And Others – Child Development, 1981
Mothers and fathers of 43 middle-class families were observed interacting separately during a paper-folding task with either their only or middle child in order to assess parental use of evaluation and task-facilitative behaviors with preschoolers. Results indicate that parent behaviors vary with parent gender, child gender, and family…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Family Structure, Feedback, Interaction Process Analysis

Mulhern, Raymond K., Jr.; Passman, Richard H. – Child Development, 1979
Acting on the premise that she was teaching her son a task, each of 30 mothers selected consequences for her child's errors. In actuality, feedback to the mother regarding her son's performance was experimentally manipulated. Results showed that differential conditioning of both high and low maternal punitiveness could be achieved by using the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conditioning, Early Childhood Education, Feedback