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How Are New Behavioral Forms and Functions Introduced during Ontogenesis? Commentary.
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Wolff, Peter H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
Comments on Thelen and Ulrich's monograph in this issue. Examines theoretical and empirical sections and findings, concluding that the authors have taken a major step forward by introducing the dynamic systems perspective to the study of behavioral coordination in infants, thus opening the way for experimental investigation of phenomena that could…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior, Infants
Hidden Skills: A Dynamic Systems Analysis of Treadmill Stepping during the First Year.
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Thelen, Esther; Ulrich, Beverly D. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
Studied the ontogeny of walking by prelocomotor infants. Results support a dynamic systems view of development and the view that upright locomotion emerges from the self-organization of multiple cooperating elements rather than as a result of a preexisting neural code. (Author/GR)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Maternal Sensitivity, Child Functional Level, and Attachment in Down Syndrome.
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Atkinson, Leslie; Chrisholm, Vivienne C.; Scott, Brian; Goldberg, Susan; Vaughn, Brian E.; Blackwell, Janis; Dickens, Susan; Tam, Frances – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Investigated the influence of child intellectual/adaptive functioning and maternal sensitivity on attachment security, using a sample of children with Down syndrome. Found a relationship between attachment security in DS related to the interaction of maternal sensitivity and cognitive competence. (JPB)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories