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Visual Regard of Moving and Stationary Faces in Early Infancy
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Carpenter, Genevieve C. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants, Perceptual Development
The Effect of Continuous Stimulation on the Behavioral Sleep of Infants
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Schmidt, Katalin – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1975
Summarizes study findings related to the effects of continuous monotonous stimulation on sleep and its physiological parameters in early infancy. (ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Heart Rate, Infant Behavior, Infants
Mothers and Fathers, Girls and Boys: Attachment Behavior in the One-Year-Old
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Ban, Peggy L.; Lewis, Michael – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants
A Comparison of Individual with Multiple Assignment of Caregivers to Infants in Day Care.
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Wilcox, Barbara Morgan; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1980
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers
Repetition in Human Development
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Bower, T. G. R. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Provides data indicating that development occurs in cycles, with behavioral competencies appearing and developing and then disappearing only to reappear again in a more complex form at a later age. Data on conservation and auditory-manual coordination in infancy are used to support this theory. (ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development
Non-Elicited Newborn Behaviors in Relation to State and Prandial Condition
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Feldman, Judith F.; Brody, Nathan – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1978
Time sampled observations of non-elicited behaviors, obtained for several hundred newborn babies were used to determine (1) whether specific motor patterns are state linked in the manner of spontaneous behaviors; (2) whether certain behaviors appear with greater frequency preprandially; and (3) whether associations between behaviors and states are…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Hunger, Infant Behavior, Neonates
Temperament in Preterm and Full-Term Infants at Three and Six Months of Age.
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Gennaro, Susan; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
Explores differences in temperament of preterm and full-term infants at three and six months of age. Preterm infants were generally rated more difficult than full-term infants at both ages. All infants were generally rated less difficult at six than at three months. (Author/BB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Comparative Analysis
Maternal and Paternal Responses to Infant Distress.
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Worobey, John; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1983
Maternal and paternal responses to infant distress are studied to (1) examine differences among two-week-old infants in their levels of irritability; (2) investigate differences among parents in how they soothe their one-month-old infants; and (3) relate these parent and infant behaviors. (BJD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Fathers, Infants
The Relationship of Temperament and Stranger Reaction for Younger and Older Infants.
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Berberian, Karen E.; Snyder, Samuel S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1982
Supports the hypothesis that temperamentally fussier 5- to 9-month-old infants are more fearful and less friendly toward strangers than are more easygoing infants of the same age. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Infants
Sleep and Wake Behaviors in Neonates: Consistencies and Consequences
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Thoman, Evelyn B. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Longitudinal Studies
Imitation in the First Six Months of Life.
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Lewis, Michael; Sullivan, Margaret Wolan – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1985
Designed to explore (1) developmental changes in exact and partial imitation of manual and facial movements, (2) model differences, and (3) gesture differences, this study observed infants at 2, 12, and 24 weeks of age. A hypothesis is proposed that links early nonselective behaviors and attributed imitation to emergence of imitative behavior…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Body Language
Social Referencing in Infancy.
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Feinman, Saul – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1982
Evaluates the degree to which the social-referencing perspective provides a valid explanation of some features of infant behavior. (MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
The Reality of Difficult Temperament.
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Thomas, Alexander; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1982
The theoretical and practical implications of viewing difficult temperament as a characteristic of the individual rather than as a social perception are discussed, with an emphasis on an interactionist view of developmental process. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Behavior Patterns, Children, Definitions