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Human Behavior, Learning, and the Developing Brain: Typical Development
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Coch, Donna, Ed.; Fischer, Kurt W., Ed.; Dawson, Geraldine, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2010
This volume brings together leading authorities from multiple disciplines to examine the relationship between brain development and behavior in typically developing children. Presented are innovative cross-sectional and longitudinal studies that shed light on brain-behavior connections in infancy and toddlerhood through adolescence. Chapters…
Descriptors: Infants, Personality, Short Term Memory, Recognition (Psychology)
The Beginnings of the Self: The Problem of the Nurturing Environment
Gordon, Ira J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning
INTERNAL CONTROL OF REINFORCEMENTS AND THE SOCIAL LEARNING PROCESS.
CHANCE, JUNE E. – 1965
TESTS WERE CONDUCTED TO FIND THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE CHILD WHO FEELS THAT HIS ACHIEVEMENT IS A RESULT OF INTERNAL FACTORS AND THE CHILD WHO FEELS THAT HIS ACHIEVEMENT OR LACK OF IT IS A RESULT OF EXTERNAL FACTORS. INTERVIEWS, TESTS, AND OBSERVATIONS PROVIDED DATA FOR THE SUGGESTED RELATIONSHIPS. CHILDREN WHO FEEL ACHIEVEMENT TO BE A RESULT OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Development, Child Development, Childhood Attitudes
Sharing at an Early Age.
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Rheingold, Harriet L. – 1973
During an experiment on infant behavior, it was observed that young children shared toys with their mothers; therefore, a series of research studies was designed to investigate this phenomenon. The general purposes of the research were: (1) to define sharing more precisely and develop objective measures of frequency and duration for it, (2) to…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Development, Behavioral Science Research, Child Development
Observational Learning and Imitative Behavior in Children: A Bibliography.
Greenberg, Stu – 1976
Approximately 1,500 published and unpublished books and articles are listed in this bibliography on the broad area of observational learning in children which includes modeling, imitation, and vicarious conditioning. The majority of sources listed are dated from the 1960's and 1970's although some date as far back as the 1930's. Research in such…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Bibliographies
Social Coordination during Pretend Play: Comparisons with Nonpretend Play and Effects on Expressive Content.
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Lorimier, Sylvie de; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1995
Examined the role of pretend play interactions in stimulating social and emotional competence by comparing the quality of pretend and nonpretend social play. Found that pretend play involved more complex, mutually responsive, and emotionally invested social interaction than nonpretend play. Expression of psychosocial issues within pretense was…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Child Development
Developmental Health and the Wealth of Nations: Social, Biological, and Educational Dynamics.
Keating, Daniel P., Ed.; Hertzman, Clyde, Ed. – 1999
Asking how we can best support the health and well-being of infants and children in an era of rapid economic and technological change, this book presents findings on human development as both an individual and a population phenomenon. Topics discussed include links between socioeconomic status, achievement, and health; the impact of early…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Animal Behavior, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Development