This study was designed to: (1) investigate differential responding to stimuli that differ along a continuum of degree of discrepancy from a familiarized standard; and (2) attempt to determine if infants will show response decrement and recovery to conceptual categories. Fifty-five infants at two age levels (10 and 16 weeks) were familiarized with…

This House of Representatives Bill specifies some of the conditions and needs that gave rise to legislation for school-age mothers: the increasing incidence of adolescent pregnancies; the disruption caused to families and educations of such pregnancies; the high risk status of infants born under such circumstances; and the lack of adequate helping…

A training approach based on the normal mother-child developmental communication process helped to establish the language foundation of a multiply handicapped hearing impaired toddler. (CL)

The author reviews some of his observations regarding the responsibility of the physician caring for the hopelessly ill child and presents the resolutions proposed in 1974 by the adhoc committee on Ethics and Survival. (SB)

Sex differences in responsiveness to infants were investigated by comparing the physiological responses of boys and girls in middle childhood and early adolescence with their overt behavioral reactions which were presumed to be more affected by societal norms. Results showed no sex differences on the psychophysiological measures but did reveal sex…

The spontaneous speech of 12 Black children (18-36 months) was evaluated to identify the existence of distinctive Black English features. (Author/CL)

The nature of early games and how they might assist the infant in language acquisition were explored in a longitudinal study of two mother-infant dyads, using video-recordings of their free play. The analysis of appearance and disappearance games was particularly revealing. (EJS)

This report summarizes preliminary results from a behavioral study of 13 male infants who were ascertained to have an XX Y sex chromosome complement at birth and who are being followed longitudinally through early ontogenesis. (CM)

To determine the impact of child abuse on the developmental functioning of infants, 30 cases of physically abused children (2 to 29.8 months old) were compared to a reference group of 30 nonabused children. (Author/SBH)

Examined with 15 mothers and their handicapped infants was the influence of infant behavioral expressions of affect on maternal caretaking behaviors. (IM)

A model of teaching psychological aspects of infant growth and development to medical students in a pediatric clinical rotation is described. Small groups of eight to ten medical students observe an infant developmental-assessment--parent-interview conducted by a child development specialist, focusing on temperament, age-appropriate competencies,…

Results were interpreted as suggesting that sociocultural factors may change the rate of development but not its course. (Author/JMB)

The author cites a 1939 study by H. Skeels and H. Dye in which the IQs of retarded infants in orphanages were increased after exposure to substitute mothering, and reviews current behavior modification research to support the contention that intelligence can be increased. (CL)

Available from: Arthur Retlaw and Associates, Inc., Suite 2080, 1603 Orrington Avenue, Evanston, Illinois 60201. Described is a study in which a large sample of children (n=444) with phenylketonuria (an inborn metabolic error usually related to impaired cognitive ability) were treated under controlled conditions from near birth to 6 years of age.…