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Early Exploration of One's Own Body, Exploration of Objects, and Motor, Language, and Cognitive Development Relate Dynamically across the First Two Years of Life
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Babik, Iryna; Galloway, James Cole; Lobo, Michele A. – Developmental Psychology, 2022
Early exploratory behaviors have been proposed to facilitate children's learning, impacting motor, cognitive, language, and social development. This study related the performance of behaviors used to explore oneself to behaviors used to explore objects, and then related both types of exploratory behaviors to motor, language, and cognitive measures…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Motor Development
Developmental Continuity? Crawling, Cruising, and Walking
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Adolph, Karen E.; Berger, Sarah E.; Leo, Andrew J. – Developmental Science, 2011
This research examined developmental continuity between "cruising" (moving sideways holding onto furniture for support) and walking. Because cruising and walking involve locomotion in an upright posture, researchers have assumed that cruising is functionally related to walking. Study 1 showed that most infants crawl and cruise concurrently prior…
Descriptors: Child Development, Physical Activities, Infants, Developmental Continuity
Operational Momentum in Large-Number Addition and Subtraction by 9-Month-Olds
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McCrink, Koleen; Wynn, Karen – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
Recent studies on nonsymbolic arithmetic have illustrated that under conditions that prevent exact calculation, adults display a systematic tendency to overestimate the answers to addition problems and underestimate the answers to subtraction problems. It has been suggested that this "operational momentum" results from exposure to a…
Descriptors: Numbers, Infants, Developmental Continuity, Subtraction
Infants' Joint Attention Skills Predict Toddlers' Emerging Mental State Language
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Kristen, Susanne; Sodian, Beate; Thoermer, Claudia; Perst, Hannah – Developmental Psychology, 2011
To assess predictive relations between joint attention skills, intention understanding, and mental state vocabulary, 88 children were tested with measures of comprehension of gaze and referential pointing, as well as the production of declarative gestures and the comprehension and production of imperative gestures, at the ages of 7-18 months.…
Descriptors: Evidence, Imitation, Intention, Toddlers
[Attachment Patterns and Their Outcomes.] Commentary.
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van IJzendoorn, Marianus H. – Human Development, 1996
Considers evidence for continuity and discontinuity of attachment in four major longitudinal studies. Discusses the difficulty of constructing a critical test of the prototype and stable environment hypotheses for attachment continuity. Notes that intergenerational transmission of attachment has been only indirectly addressed. (KDFB)
Descriptors: Adults, Attachment Behavior, Child Development, Developmental Continuity
Continuity of Caregiver for Infants and Toddlers in Center-based Child Care: Report on a Survey of Center Practices.
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Cryer, Debby; Hurwitz, Sarah; Wolery, Mark – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 2000
Explored practices around transitioning infants/toddlers to new classes. Responses to mail survey indicated that relatively few programs provided caregiver continuity. Most programs considered attainment of developmental milestones, age, and available space when making transition decisions for infants/toddlers. Most centers used a few practices to…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Caregivers, Child Development