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Peer reviewedRutter, Michael – Child Development, 1979
Critically reviews research since 1972 on maternal deprivation. Topics discussed include: the development of social relationships and the process of bonding; critical periods of development; links between childhood experiences and parenting behavior; influences on parenting; and possible reasons why so many children do not succumb to deprivation…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Early Experience, Individual Differences, Intellectual Development
Peer reviewedBeckwith, Leila – Child Development, 1971
The present study explores the specific environmental influences in the intellectual development of 24 adoptive infants living in middle class families. (Author)
Descriptors: Child Development, Data Analysis, Environmental Influences, Infants
Peer reviewedBrooks-Gunn, Jeanne; And Others – Child Development, 1996
Examined differences in intelligence test scores of black and white five-year-olds born premature with low birth weight. Found that black children's IQ scores were 1 SD lower than those of white children. Adjustments for ethnic differences in poverty reduced the differential by half; adjustments for differences in home environment reduced it by…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Family Environment, Intellectual Development
