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Ducreux, Edwige; Puentes-Neuman, Guadalupe – Early Child Development and Care, 2022
This study used an ethological approach to explore the baby-caregiver dyadic exchanges (Attempted interactions, Triggers, Interactions) of nineteen infants during their first weeks in Residential Care (RC), or a Foster Family (FF) or an Infant-Mother Centre (IMC). Direct observations were conducted at feeding time. Observed behaviours were: baby…
Descriptors: Infants, Parent Child Relationship, Nonverbal Communication, Ethology
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Orr, Edna – Early Child Development and Care, 2017
This study reports on the development of new motor and behavioural indicators for recognizing symbolic acts among infants. Following five infants between the ages of 6 and 18 months and their ability to use an object in novel way yielded four levels of action, based on the number of objects and actions combined in each symbolic act. Employing…
Descriptors: Infants, Psychomotor Skills, Infant Behavior, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension)
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Thurman, Sabrina L.; Corbetta, Daniela – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Infants' motor skill development triggers changes in parent-infant interactions, exploration, and play behaviors, particularly during periods of locomotor transitions. We investigated how these transitions reorganized infants' and mothers' explorations of spatial layouts. Thirteen infants and their mothers were followed biweekly from the age of 6…
Descriptors: Infants, Mothers, Psychomotor Skills, Parent Child Relationship
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Ross, Gail; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1975
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attachment Behavior, Family Environment, Infant Behavior
Stedman, Donald J. – 1967
This interim report is part of a longitudinal study of developmental behavior designed to determine whether infants from culturally disadvantaged homes have different developmental patterns than infants from advantaged homes. Twenty six culturally disadvantaged infants were individually evaluated on the Bayley Scale of Infant Mental and Motor…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
Fein, Greta G.; Apfel, Nancy H. – 1975
This study examined the extent to which situational context differentially influences components of play. Two groups of play variables were distinguished: (1) style variables, (reflecting the overall tempo and diversity of play) and viewed as relatively sensitive indicators of short term reactions of situations; and (2) structural variables,…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Infants
Lusk, Diane; Lewis, Michael – 1971
Ten mother-infant dyads were observed in their homes for four hours each during one month in order to measure interactive aspects of their behavior. Demographic data are included for the participating families, who are members of the Wolof in Senegal, Africa. For this study, interaction was defined as a sequence of behaviors involving both…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Tests, Cross Cultural Studies
Weininger, O.; Moll, M. J. – 1977
This study was designed to identify aggressive actions in 12-, 18-, and 24-month-old infants and to investigate what type of responses these actions elicit in peers. Nine infants were observed and videotaped in interaction with each other and with toys. The focus was on four 18-month-olds observed in two sessions, one with an older child, the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Aggression, Infant Behavior, Infants
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Contole, Julie; Over, Ray – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1981
Six infants were filmed at 15 and 30 weeks of age while alone and in the presence of an adult (mother or stranger) who interacted with the infant or remained passive. Signal detection analysis of ratings made by judges showed that infant behavior at both ages varied in accord with whether or not an adult was present. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cues, Foreign Countries, Infant Behavior
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Dunn, Judy; Kendrick, Carol – Child Development, 1981
Individual differences in the social behavior of young siblings were studied in 40 sibling pairs observed at home, when the second child was 8 months old and 14 months old. Differences between same-sex and different-sex sibling pairs were marked by the second observation. More positive social behavior characterized same-sex pairs; more negative…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Family (Sociological Unit), Foreign Countries, Individual Differences
Brooks, Jeanne – 1974
This paper presents two studies of the development of social competencies in infancy. In the first experiment, the central issue investigated was whether facial configuration or height is utilized by infants to respond differentially to children and adults. Five different strangers, a male and a female child, a male and a female adult, and a small…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Body Height, Children