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Peer reviewedSchaffer, H. R. – Child Development, 1975
Descriptors: Attention, Infant Behavior, Novelty (Stimulus Dimension), Object Manipulation
Peer reviewedGottfried, Allen W.; Rose, Susan A. – Child Development, 1980
Twenty-five one-year-olds were administered two tasks (each of which consisted of a familiarization stage followed by a recognition stage) in order to determine whether infants can recognize the shapes of objects by touch alone. (CM)
Descriptors: Developmental Tasks, Infant Behavior, Infants, Memory
Download full textMillar, W. Stuart; Schaffer, H. Rudolph – 1972
Six- and nine-month-old infants were exposed to contingent or non-contingent perceptual stimulation from a source which was spatially displaced at 60 from the infant's midline. Reliable operant acquisition was observed in the case of the nine-month-old infants, but not in the case of the six-month-old infants whose performance was similar to that…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Infant Behavior, Object Manipulation, Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedMcCall, Robert B. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1974
Reports a series of studies conducted to investigate possible differences in the exploratory manipulation and play behavior of human infants 7-1/2- 11-1/2 months of age as a function of the attributes of the stimulus, the familiarity of the subject with the stimuli, the age and sex of the infants, and individual differences. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavioral Science Research, Cognitive Development, Developmental Psychology
