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DeLoache, Judy S. – 1983
Memory demands made by mothers of very young children are discussed in two studies of joint picture-book reading and one study of mother/infant pairs who looked at family photograph albums. While memory demands made by mothers differed as a function of child's age and linguistic development, at about 15 months of age children were expected to take…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Infants, Mothers, Parents as Teachers
DeLoache, Judy S.; DeMendoza, Olga A. P. – 1985
A study examined both the structure and the content of picture book interactions of 30 mothers with their 12-, 15-, or 18-month-old children. Interactions were videotaped in a laboratory playroom. Among the factors observed were the nature of the two partners' contributions as a function of the child's age, and the extent to which the mother gave…
Descriptors: Child Development, Developmental Stages, Infants, Mothers
DeLoache, Judy S. – 1984
Discussing findings from three studies, this report focuses on questions mothers ask their children while looking at picture books and recent family photographs. In the first study, 30 mothers and their 12-, 15-, and 18-month-old children "read" a simple ABC book that had one picture for each letter in the alphabet. In the second study,…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Infant Behavior, Memory, Mother Attitudes