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Ainsworth, Mary D. Salter; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Data Analysis, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
Morgan, George A.; And Others – 1974
In this study an attempt was made to measure variables which were expected to be related to individual differences in infants' social responsiveness toward strangers. The subjects were 48 infants (24 boys and 24 girls) between 8 and 13 months of age. Most were children of Cornell University faculty or graduate students, but a broad range of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Identification (Psychology), Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
Self, Patricia A.; And Others – 1976
In this study, twenty 3-day-old Caucasian neonates were observed before and during feeding in an attempt to demonstrate that individual characteristics of infants, such as alertness and social behaviors, are related to the interaction of mothers and infants during feeding situations. Ten of the infants were males, 10 were females; approximately 70…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants
Gordon, Ira J. – 1974
The focus of the study reported here is on two issues: whether the two most elaborate systems of natural observation, that is, those developed by Escalona and Watts could be applied to mother-child interaction recorded in a teaching situation; and whether there are relationships between maternal-child behavior so observed, and a more extended…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Cognitive Development, Individual Development, Individual Differences
Vandell, Deborah Lowe; Mueller, Edward C. – 1978
In a study to assess young children's social interaction with peers, six male toddlers who were the only participants in a playgroup were observed in two situations: (1) a GROUP situation in which at least four of the boys were present and (2) a DYAD situation in which only two boys were present. Both types of observations were made at 16, 19, and…
Descriptors: Group Behavior, Group Structure, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior
Ainsworth, Mary Salter – 1974
This intensive longitudinal study of mother-infant interaction during the first year of life focuses on the development of attachment. Data on 26 middle-class families were collected by five methods: (1) naturalistic observation of each mother-infant pair during 4-hour home visits, which occurred at 3-week intervals from the infants' 3rd to 54th…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Home Visits