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Download full textThrift, Jill C. – 1976
This study explored the relationship between maternal sensitivity and the development of mother-infant vocal interaction. Two characteristics of mother and infant vocalizations were assessed at six and nine months in a home feeding situation: (1) the degree of mutual responsiveness, and (2) the affective quality of vocalization. These assessments…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Middle Class Parents
Self, Patricia A.; And Others – 1976
In this study, twenty 3-day-old Caucasian neonates were observed before and during feeding in an attempt to demonstrate that individual characteristics of infants, such as alertness and social behaviors, are related to the interaction of mothers and infants during feeding situations. Ten of the infants were males, 10 were females; approximately 70…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Individual Differences, Infant Behavior, Infants
Parke, Ross D. – 1973
This paper presents two studies which explored the manner in which the father interacts with his newborn infant and compared paternal and maternal interaction patterns. In contrast to earlier studies, a direct observational approach was employed that permitted a detailed specification of father behaviors in the presence of the newborn. In the…
Descriptors: Behavioral Science Research, Blacks, Family Relationship, Infants
Ainsworth, Mary Salter – 1974
This intensive longitudinal study of mother-infant interaction during the first year of life focuses on the development of attachment. Data on 26 middle-class families were collected by five methods: (1) naturalistic observation of each mother-infant pair during 4-hour home visits, which occurred at 3-week intervals from the infants' 3rd to 54th…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Cognitive Development, Day Care, Home Visits
Emlen, Arthur C.; And Others – 1971
A study on child day care is presented. The primary function of the research strategy was to pretest and develop an independent sample measurement scales to use in a panel study. The focus of the research is on family day care arrangements made by working mothers for children under six years of age. The sample used was a fairly successful one of…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Child Care, Child Development, Data Analysis
Dirksen, Carolyn Rowland – 1977
The purpose of this study was to determine how status was indicated by the use of directives in homogeneous groups of adolescent females and whether differences in status designation existed which could be attributed to either class or ethnicity. Three groups of ten to twelve-year-olds (middle-class white, working-class white, and working-class…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Cultural Differences, Ethnic Groups
Schofield, Janet W.; Sagar, H. Andrew – 1977
This research investigated the development of interracial interaction patterns among peers in a new open enrollment desegregated middle school. The student interaction analysis conducted for the study attempted to answer the following questions: Is race a significant determinant of the amount of student interaction? Does grade level or sex…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Blacks, Class Organization, Classroom Observation Techniques
