Birth order effects at 3 different ordinal positions were related to social activities of lower class preschool children. (GO)

Examines the effects of adult nurturance and nurturance withdrawal on the behavior of kindergarten and second grade children. Adult-child interactions and consistency in adult behaviors were also examined. (BD/BR)

Experiment designed to manipulate the perceived person's looking behavior and the perceiver's attitudes toward him in an effort to determine if one is more potent or if they interact in affecting the perceiver's degree of search for eye contact. (Authors/MB)

Reports two investigations of the effects of rater's race (Black v White) on observed interactions across Black and White families. (CM)

Evaluated the importance of social comparison processes in sibling and peer interaction. Experiment I assessed the influence of social comparison on male children during mother-sibling interaction and subsequent peer interaction. Experiment II assessed the influence of social comparison during peer interaction on female children's subsequent…

Father role in infancy was examined through a comparison of the stimulus responses of 27 infants reared by their mothers in single-parent families with the stimulus responses of 28 infants in father-present families. (CM)

Parents' teaching behavior was observed in a structured interaction task designed both to explore a different method for observing parental behavior, and to investigate the relationship between parental behavior and personality. (Authors)

Presents a study of the effects of interaction between a child and his mother or an older sibling on the child's object sorting behavior. Other factors studied included sex of sibling and family size. Subjects were 120 first grade children. (BD)

The interaction patterns of 64 well-adjusted family triads, divided into eight equal groups by race, social class, and sex of adolescent, were assessed across observational and self-report measures of family affect, conflict, and dominance. Results provide little evidence of consistent race or social class differences in family interaction.…

Gazing behavior of 10 twin infants (five male and five female) and their mothers were recorded weekly during the babies' fourth month of life. Videotape equipment was used in the home; data were gathered as naturalistically as possible. (Author/MS)

Presents two studies of preschool children, which test the hypothesis that a child's scores on two factor-analytically derived dimensions of social-emotional functioning are directly related to the frequency and type of his peer interactions. (Author/SDH)

This study investigated the effects of an older sibling's aid in an object sorting task on the younger sibling's conceptual style. Children aided by siblings used descriptive style less than children who worked alone; children aided by siblings four years older used inferential style more than children aided by siblings two years older. Children…

Study is an experimental investigation of developmental aspects of the valence theory. (Authors)