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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

Zivin, Gail – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1986
Seventeen processes in the development of expressive behavior are reviewed and coordinated in a framework that is shown to accommodate current perspectives on expressive behavior development. Works of Ekman, Izard, Lewis and Michalson, and Sroufe are briefly reviewed. Neglected areas of research are indicated and the course of expressive behavior…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Children

Eisenberg, Nancy – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1990
The relation of prosocial behavior of 53 preschoolers to different modes of vicarious emotional responses was examined. Videotapes were used to elicit empathy, whereas vicarious emotional responses and defensive behaviors were assessed by means of self-report, facial, and heart-rate indexes. (SH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Defense Mechanisms, Emotional Response

Bradley, Robert H.; Corwyn, Robert F. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2001
Role of self-efficacy beliefs as a mediator and moderator of the relation between the home environment and well-being was examined for both European American and African American adolescents. Found that self-efficacy beliefs sometimes mediate the relation between experiences in the home environment and measures of adolescent development. Effects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Anglo Americans, Behavior Development

Lorimier, Sylvie de; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1995
Examined the role of pretend play interactions in stimulating social and emotional competence by comparing the quality of pretend and nonpretend social play. Found that pretend play involved more complex, mutually responsive, and emotionally invested social interaction than nonpretend play. Expression of psychosocial issues within pretense was…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Child Development

Crockenberg, Susan; Lourie, Andrea – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1996
Investigated associations between parents' reported coercion and negotiation with their children, children's self-reported conflict strategies with peers, and their behavioral competence rated by both parents. Results obtained through observation, interviews, and questionnaires included a concurrent correlation between parents' use of coercion and…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Compliance (Psychology)