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Out, Dorothee; Pieper, Suzanne; Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Zeskind, Philip Sanford; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: To examine the underlying mechanisms of adults' intended caregiving responses to cry sounds in a behavioral genetic design and to investigate the role of cry pitch and perceived urgency in sensitive and harsh caregiving responses. Methods: The sample consisted of 184 adult twin pairs (18-69 years), including males and females, parents…
Descriptors: Research Design, Twins, Child Rearing, Crying
Scarr, Sandra; Salapatek, Philip – Merrill-Palmer Quart, 1970
Takes an exploratory look at the relationships between (1) the various fears that develop during infancy, (2) perceptual-cognitive development and the exhibition of specific fears, and (3) individual differences in temperament and the manifestation of specific fears. This paper was presented at the Merrill-Palmer Institute Conference on Research…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Fear, Individual Differences
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Korner, Anneliese F. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
Author discusses the different contexts in which the concept of state is used, drawing on examples from her own research with newborns. (MB)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Eye Movements, Hunger
Ricciuti, Henry N. – 1969
Concerning the issues of emotional development, general agreement can only be reached on the definition of "emotional" behavior. Behavior is emotional when it varies from an individual's behavioral baseline by the addition of three components: (1) an action component, (2) an arousal component, and (3) a subjective "feeling" component. In all areas…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Anxiety, Child Psychology, Emotional Development