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Piaget's Constructionist Theory

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Smillie, D. – Human Development, 1972

Author claims that Piaget's account of the construction of reality needs modification and a shift in emphasis. (Author/MB)

Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior

Smiling and Vocalization in Infants as Indices of Perceptual-Cognitive Processes

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McCall, Robert B. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972

Based upon a paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, 1970. (Editor)

Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior

Smiling, Cooing, and "The Game"

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Watson, John S. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972

Portions of this paper were read as part of a symposium on The Meaning of Smiling and Vocalizing in Infancy'' at the 1970 meeting of the American Psychological Association, Miami Beach, Florida, September, 1970. (Editor)

Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Environmental Influences

Piaget's Theory of Space Perception in Infancy.

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Ninio, Anat – Cognition, 1979

Piaget's theory of space perception is presented in the format of a hypothetico-deductive system. Eleven hypotheses regarding infants' space perception are defined, and Piaget's evidence for each is summarized. Presuppositions underlying the arguments are explicated. Critical notes are inserted and general conclusions are briefly discussed.…

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior

Perceptual-Cognitive Development in Infancy: A Generalized Expectancy Model as a Function of the Mother-Infant Interaction.

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Lewis, Michael; Goldberg, Susan – 1968

Twenty infants, 12 weeks of age, were subjects in an experiment to test the effects of maternal behavior on their perceptual-cognitive development. Each mother and child were observed in a controlled naturalistic setting, every 10 seconds their various behaviors were recorded, and then the mother was interviewed. During an experimental session the…

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior