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Models of Sensory Deprivation: The Nature/nurture Dichotomy and Spatial Representation in the Blind.

Millar, Susanna – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1988
Examines the fallacies about the nature of abilities and learning and about the interaction between sense modalities which follow from the dichotomy in relation to explanations of spatial development in the blind. Suggests that interactions between cognitive and perceptual factors need to be considered to explain more adequately effects of sensory…
Descriptors: Blindness, Child Development, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development

Skinner, Ellen A. – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1986
Investigates the belief that caregivers' sensitive and contingent behavior is closely related to children's perceived control by analyzing the interactions between mothers and their 3 1/2- to 4 1/2-year-old children during a problem-solving task. (HOD)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Child Caregivers