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Peer reviewedSchultz, Ned W.; Carson, David K. – Child Study Journal, 1986
Examines the extent to which an infant's social initiative resists or is modified by three variations in the behavior of adult responsiveness: repeated responses, varied responses, and eye aversion. (HOD)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Infant Behavior, Nonverbal Communication, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedFeinman, Saul – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1982
Evaluates the degree to which the social-referencing perspective provides a valid explanation of some features of infant behavior. (MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages
Download full textShaffran, Ruth; Decarie, Therese Gouin – 1973
An investigation of the short term stability of infants' responses to strangers was conducted. Ss were 60 randomly chosen full-term family-reared infants, 30 boys and 30 girls, selected to fit into three age groups of 8, 10 and 12 months. The experimental design was such that the order of first, second, and third visits was counter-balanced…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Rating Scales, Cognitive Development, Emotional Development
Anderson, Claudia – 1979
This paper presents a study designed to determine if providing information to primiparous mothers about the behavioral characteristics of their infants would affect reciprocity in mother-infant interaction. Thirty married, Caucasian, middle class mothers of healthy, normally carried and delivered 48-hour-old first-born infants served as subjects.…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Feedback, Infant Behavior, Infants
Bornstein, Marc H.; And Others – 1991
In this study of prominent characteristics of parenting in the United States, France, and Japan, 72 mother-infant dyads were examined. The study focused on three prominent interactive domains of visual and vocal exchange between mother and baby (nurturing, social exchange, and didactic stimulation), examining their frequency of occurrence and…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Rearing, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
Reite, Martin – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1987
Four studies involving 40 pigtail monkeys are described in which relatively short separation experiences in infancy were associated with evidence of persistent changes in social behavioral function (less sociability, fewer close friends) and immunological function (suppression of lymphocyte proliferation) up to 6 years later. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Attachment Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Development
Honig, Alice Sterling – 1996
This booklet provides guidance to parents regarding behavior of infants and toddlers, including behavior development and problems. It offers common sense advice and practical examples. The chapters are: (1) "Introduction: What Is Misbehavior of Babies?", discussing "crying" as an appropriate behavior for meeting physical and emotional needs, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Problems, Child Behavior
