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Watson, Malcolm W.; Jackowitz, Elaine R. – Child Development, 1984
Investigates the developmental sequence of learning to transform objects into agents and recipients of action in early symbolic play. Each of 48 children (from 14 to 25 months old) demonstrated initiative pretending after an adult modeled agent and recipient substitutions in pretending to talk on the telephone. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Imitation, Infants
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Dragsten, Susan S.; Lee, Lee C.
The effects of the familiarity of setting and partner on the social behavior of infants was studied. Subjects were 22 infants 6-18 months old. Eleven of the infants were in a day care center; the remainder were cared for at home. In the first portion of the study, the day care infants were observed interacting with each other in the nursery…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Day Care, Infants
Durfee, Joan T.; Lee, Lee C. – 1973
The Infant-Infant Contact Code, developed to observe the social behavior in infants, is described. Results from using this scale with nine infants under nine months indicated that contacts between infants are complex in nature, that there are developmental changes in models of encounter, and that babies take different roles in relation to the…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Individual Differences, Infants
Stedman, Donald J. – 1967
This interim report is part of a longitudinal study of developmental behavior designed to determine whether infants from culturally disadvantaged homes have different developmental patterns than infants from advantaged homes. Twenty six culturally disadvantaged infants were individually evaluated on the Bayley Scale of Infant Mental and Motor…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged
Osofsky, Joy D.; Danzger, Barbara – 1973
A total of 51 mothers and their newborn infants were studied in order to evaluate the relationship between neonatal style and the early mother-infant relationship. The procedure included an infant assessment with the Brazelton Neonatal Assessment Scale, a mother-infant interaction observation during feeding, and an interview concerning maternal…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Correlation, Infants
Wagner, Betty S. – 1982
The Mental Development Scales: Birth to Three Years are instruments designed to assess developmental levels of young children within a setting familiar to the child. They (1) provide a greater understanding of child behavior and development, (2) serve as a basis for planning an individualized curriculum for each child, and (3) furnish the means…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Development, Data Collection