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CHILMAN, CATHERINE S. – 1966
PRIMARILY AN OVERVIEW AND ANALYSIS OF RESEARCH ON CHILD-REARING AND FAMILY LIFE PATTERNS, THIS BOOK FOCUSES ON THE LIFE OF THE VERY POOR AND COMPARES THEIR LIFE PATTERNS AND PRACTICES WITH THOSE OF MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES. THE TWO SETS OF PATTERNS ARE ANALYZED UNDER FIVE HEADINGS--MENTAL HEALTH, EDUCATION, "MORAL" CHARACTER, SOCIAL ACCEPTABILITY,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis
DAVIS, ALLISON – 1965
THIS 1948 LECTURE ON THE SOCIALIZATION AND MENTAL ACTIVITIES OF NEGRO AND WHITE MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS CHILDREN DISCUSSES (1) THE STRUCTURE OF REWARDS AND PUNISHMENTS AMONG MIDDLE- AND LOWER-CLASS PERSONS, (2) THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL CLASS ON PROBLEM SOLVING IN STANDARDIZED MENTAL TESTS, (3) THE NATURE OF PROBLEM-SOLVING ACTIVITIES AND MENTAL…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Culture Fair Tests
Baldwin, Clara P. – 1969
To assess mother-child interaction, 23 mother-child pairs from the West Harlem ghetto (half lower class and half middle class Negroes) and from Washington Square (white middle class) were observed. Children were 3-year-old boys. Each pair spent 30 minutes in a laboratory playroom and were observed and tape-recorded. Children's nonverbal…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Blacks, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis
Yawkey, Thomas D.; Alvarez-Dominguez, Joaquin – 1984
The study examines and compares free/spontaneous play behaviors of 20 Hispanic (from Ponce, Puerto Rico) and 20 Anglo (from State College, Pennsylvania) 5-year-old children from middle class socioeconomic strata. Within each of the groups there were 10 boys and 10 girls. Each child was observed in a group play setting in four observational…
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Behavior Patterns, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Rebelsky, Freda – 1969
This study investigated the response behavior of nine infants, aged 13-15 weeks, to a recurrent pattern of visual and verbal stimuli presented by their own mothers and by female strangers. The infants were presented with the following 2-minute sequence (repeated 3 times): (1) one-half minute of an unknown female leaning over the crib with a…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Infant Behavior
Schoggen, Maxine; Schoggen, Phil – DARCEE Papers and Reports (George Peabody College for Teachers), 1971
This research was designed to serve two major purposes: (1) to create a substantial library of theoretically neutral observational data as permanent documentation of actual life experiences in the lives of 3-year-old children from different socioeconomic backgrounds and (2) to analyze specimen records in order (a) to describe and quantify the…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Child Rearing, Comparative Analysis, Databases