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Sequential Analysis of Mastery Behavior in 6- and 12-Month-Old Infants.
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MacTurk, Robert H.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Sequences of mastery behavior were analyzed in a sample of 67 infants 6 to 12 months old. Authors computed (a) frequencies of six categories of mastery behavior, transitional probabilities, and z scores for each behavior change, and (b) transitions from a mastery behavior to positive affect. Changes in frequencies and similarity in organization…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Development, Goal Orientation, Infants
Infants' Hand Preference in a Task Involving Complementary Roles for the Two Hands.
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Ramsay, Douglas S.; Weber, Sherry Lee – Child Development, 1986
Tested infants in their second year with a box task to determine whether they would show a hand preference in solutions involving complete differentiation of roles for the two hands. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Infants
Object Manipulation and Exploration in Two- to Five-Month-Old Infants.
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Rochat, Philippe – Developmental Psychology, 1989
Studied the early development of exploratory behavior in 99 infants of 2-5 months. Results show that there are significant changes in spontaneous multimodal exploration of a novel object between 2 and 5 months. (RJC)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Development, Exploratory Behavior, Infant Behavior
The Ability to Negotiate the Environment: An Aspect of Infant Competence as Related to Quality of Attachment.
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Cassidy, Jude – Child Development, 1986
Explores the relation between the infant's ability to negotiate the environment and the quality of the infant-mother attachment relationship. (HOD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Attachment Behavior, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns