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Download full textMueller, Edward; Rich, Adrienne – 1973
A study was conducted to examine social behavior by one-year-old boys over the course of a three-month playgroup experience. The "clusters" chosen for examination consisted of temporary groups (often less than a minute) the toddlers formed to focus on a single activity. Socially directed behavior is defined here as vocalizing, laughing and…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cluster Grouping, Group Behavior, Interaction
Jennings, Kay D.; Curry, Nancy E. – 1982
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of group size on toddlers' peer interactions and social interactions with mothers. In particular, the study sought to answer the following questions: (1) When both mothers and peers are available to the child, with whom does he/she prefer to play? and (2) Are there differences in the types of…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Group Behavior, Infants, Interaction
