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Banks, Ellen – Child Study Journal, 1979
Descriptors: Child Development, Infant Behavior, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis

Givens, David – Sign Language Studies, 1978
A number of infantile nonverbal behaviors are listed that can be interpreted as signs of a child's fundamental psychosocial orientations to others during the first year. Ethological studies of child and adult nonverbal communication suggest a considerable degree of neoteny in the human sign system. (SW)
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Yarrow, Leon J. – 1974
This symposium introduction outlines the first phase of an investigation of the mother-father-infant triad as an interactive system, influencing both parent attitudes and behaviors and child development. The focus of the research was on the early determinants of parental behavior. Subjects were 67 middle class, white parents and their first-born…
Descriptors: Child Development, Infant Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis, Parent Attitudes

Yarrow, Leon J.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
Authors look at a range of variation in experience of five- to six-month-old infants on a concrete behavioral level, and conceptualize these discrete behaviors. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Early Experience, Environmental Influences
Duchowny, Michael S. – 1974
This study focused on the identification of specific neonatal temperamental characteristics which may act as early modifiers of mother-infant interaction. Two hypotheses were investigated: (1) certain infant behaviors might be distinguished by the mothers and these characteristics might selectively contribute to the mother's self-image; and (2) an…
Descriptors: Child Development, Infant Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis, Mother Attitudes
Lewis, Michael; Freedle, Roy – 1972
The early communication network existing between a mother and her 12-week-old infant was explored. Over 50 infants of both sexes from a variety of social classes were seen in their homes, and a wide variety of maternal and infant behaviors were studied. Of special interest was the vocalization-in-communication data. The results indicate a lawful,…
Descriptors: Bulletins, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Pedersen, Frank A. – 1975
This study investigates three types of reciprocal interactions among members of the family unit (father, mother and infant): father-infant interaction affecting child's development, father-infant interaction affecting mother's behavior, and husband-wife interaction affecting mother's behavior. Data from a sample of 39 healthy first-born infants…
Descriptors: Child Development, Family Relationship, Fathers, Infant Behavior
Goldberg, Susan; And Others – 1979
This longitudinal study investigated the relationship of stress arising from medical problems of newborns to parent-infant interaction through the infant's first year. Significant interactive differences between full term and premature infants were found in feeding situations during the neonatal period and in floor play at eight months. The sample…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Rearing, Developmental Tasks, Diabetes
Andrews, Susan R.; And Others – 1974
The New Orleans Parent Child Development Center Intervention Model hypothesizes a series of effects: the Child Development and Family Life Educators impart curricula designed to change mother's attitudes and behavior toward her child in ways which should encourage the development of competence in the child. The two single most important types of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Educational Research, Infant Behavior, Interaction Process Analysis