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How Are New Behavioral Forms and Functions Introduced during Ontogenesis? Commentary.
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Wolff, Peter H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
Comments on Thelen and Ulrich's monograph in this issue. Examines theoretical and empirical sections and findings, concluding that the authors have taken a major step forward by introducing the dynamic systems perspective to the study of behavioral coordination in infants, thus opening the way for experimental investigation of phenomena that could…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Psychology, Infant Behavior, Infants
Hidden Skills: A Dynamic Systems Analysis of Treadmill Stepping during the First Year.
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Thelen, Esther; Ulrich, Beverly D. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1991
Studied the ontogeny of walking by prelocomotor infants. Results support a dynamic systems view of development and the view that upright locomotion emerges from the self-organization of multiple cooperating elements rather than as a result of a preexisting neural code. (Author/GR)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior
Maltreatment, Negative Expressivity, and the Development of Type D Attachments from 12 to 24 Months of Age.
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Barnett, Douglas; Ganiban, Jody; Cicchetti, Dante – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Investigated relationship between children's negative expressivity to the formation of an Insecure- Disorganized/Disoriented, Type D attachment pattern in follow-up of maltreated and nonmaltreated children at 12 and 24 months of age. Found that experiencing maltreatment in infancy was associated with Type D attachment through the toddler years,…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns
On the Nature of Informant Judgments in Inventory Measures: . . . And So What Is It You Want to Know?
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Stiles, Joan – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1994
Considers the bases of criticism of parent report as an index of their children's behavioral development and ways in which problems associated with parent report were addressed in the construction of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories (CDIs). Examines the nature of responses elicited from parents as they complete the CDIs. (BC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Body Language, Child Behavior, Data Collection
Stability and Change in Infant Attachment in a Low-Income Sample.
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Vondra, Joan I.; Hommerding, Katherine Dowdell; Shaw, Daniel S. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 1999
Investigated role of maternal characteristics and behavior, perceptions of social support, and infant characteristics to differentiate early patterns of infant security, organized insecurity and disorganization among socioeconomically disadvantaged families. Found a variety of correlations with different attachment patterns. Also found that change…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories