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Li, Zhi; Sturge-Apple, Melissa L.; Davies, Patrick T. – Developmental Psychology, 2021
Informed by the biological sensitivity to the context (BSC) theory, this multimethod, longitudinal study sought to examine how family context may be associated with the development of child sensory processing sensitivity (SPS) over a year. Participants were 235 young children (M[subscript age] = 2.97 at the first measurement occasion, 55.3% were…
Descriptors: Family Environment, Context Effect, Sensory Experience, Perceptual Development
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LoBue, Vanessa; Adolph, Karen E. – Developmental Psychology, 2019
This review challenges the traditional interpretation of infants' and young children's responses to three types of potentially "fear-inducing" stimuli--snakes and spiders, heights, and strangers. The traditional account is that these stimuli are the objects of infants' earliest developing fears. We present evidence against the…
Descriptors: Fear, Emotional Response, Infants, Young Children