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Tronick, Edward; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1980
Presents a descriptive analysis of infant-adult face-to-face interaction, as well as the data for analyses of the relations between the two partners and the contribution of each one during the interaction. Subjects were five infants (aged 80-92 days) and their mothers. (MP)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
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Elder, Glen H., Jr. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1972
A study of the determinants of women marrying early average and late. Charts. Bibliography. (AF)
Descriptors: Homemakers, Marital Status, Marriage, Social Development
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Wiersma, Noelle; Laupa, Marta – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Examined preschoolers' judgments regarding affect experienced by four participants in three social events. Found that preschoolers expected actors across all events to feel happy and recipient-observers in moral and conventional, not personal, events to feel unhappy; teachers witnessing the acts to feel happy in personal, not moral and…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Childhood Attitudes, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
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Stambrook, Michael; Parker, Kevin C. H. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1987
A critical analysis of the current knowlege concerning the development of the concept of death in childhood is the purpose of this paper. Theoretical models and methodological limitations of the literature are addressed. Many factors have been implicated as contributing to the development of the concept of death. (Author/BN)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Cultural Influences, Death