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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

Carpenter, Genevieve C. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants, Perceptual Development

Thoman, Evelyn B. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1975
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Longitudinal Studies

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

Ban, Peggy L.; Lewis, Michael – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Infant Behavior, Infants

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

Wilcox, Barbara Morgan; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1980
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers

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

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