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Peer reviewedDeFries, J. C.; And Others – Intelligence, 1981
Results from the Colorado Adoption Project, a longitudinal study initiated in 1975, are reported. The cognitive ability of parents and measures of one-year olds' mental development were significantly correlated for all three parent/child comparisons. Caldwell's HOME Responsibility measure was correlated with infant intelligence in adoptive and…
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Adults, Cognitive Measurement, Correlation
Peer reviewedZeskind, Philip Sanford; Ramey, Craig T. – Child Development, 1981
Presents longitudinal data regarding detrimental effects through 36 months of age on intellectual, behavioral, and social-interactional development in a nonsupportive caregiving environment, and the continuing amelioration of those effects in a supportive caregiving environment. Suggests that mothers of fetally malnourished infants may have had…
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Intellectual Development, Intelligence Differences
Download full textRamey, Craig T.; Haskins, Ron – 1979
Infants judged to be at risk for subnormal intellectual growth were randomly assigned to an experimental (N=27) or a control (N=25) group. Infants in both groups received medical care and dietary supplements; their families received social work services on a request basis. Experimental children participated in an educational day care program…
Descriptors: Child Development, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Early Experience
