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Studies in the Self-Regulation of Behavior: Effects of Contingent Cognitive and Affective Events
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Masters, John C.; Santrock, John W. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
The hypothesis tested was that the evaluations and affective responses which accompany ongoing behavior may operate as reinforcers and punishers, thus exercising control over the persistence of those behaviors. Results indicate potent systematic effects due to the differing content of such evaluations and the associated affect or affective tone.…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Evaluative Thinking, Persistence, Preschool Children
Responsive Parenting: Establishing Early Foundations for Social, Communication, and Independent Problem-Solving Skills
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Landry, Susan H.; Smith, Karen E.; Swank, Paul R. – Developmental Psychology, 2006
Mothers whose infants varied in early biological characteristics (born at term, n = 120; born at very low birth weight [VLBW], n = 144) were randomized to a target group (n = 133) or developmental feedback comparison group (n = 131) to determine whether learning responsive behaviors would facilitate infant development. The target condition…
Descriptors: Mothers, Responses, Parent Child Relationship, Child Development
Maternal Sensitivity in a Developing Society: The Context of Urban Poverty and Infant Chronic Undernutrition.
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Valenzuela, Marta – Developmental Psychology, 1997
Used home observations and laboratory procedures with 85 Chilean mothers and infants to examine the association between infants' chronic undernutrition and maternal sensitivity, sociodemographic variables, and infants' play and problem solving. Found that maternal sensitivity was correlated with maternal education, maternal weight, marital…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Context Effect, Developing Nations