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Freeman, B. J.; And Others – 1978
Data on 36 autistic, 30 mentally retarded (MR), and 22 normal children (23-65 months old) was collected to develop a method of objective behavioral assessment for diagnosing autism and documenting symptom changes over time. Ss were observed and rated on the Behavior Observation Scale, an instrument which contains 67 objectively defined behaviors…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Clinical Diagnosis
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Written for children ages three to five, this book contains several stories and poems about play and safety by four boys and girls of ages seven to fourteen. Illustrations accompany the children's work. The book is intended to be read together by adult and child. It includes a section to assist adults in instructing children about safe use of…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Books, Childrens Literature, Infants
Harkness, Sara – 1979
This essay supports William Kessen's recent call for a reorientation of child development research toward studies of the child in context and focuses on problems in monocultural studies of the child to argue that this reorientation will require significant changes in child development research methodology. Research on cultural differences in moral…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Context, Cultural Differences
International Children's Centre, Paris (France). – 1979
The value of infant stimulation is stressed in a report on the characteristics of infant development. The following five areas of development are discussed: sensorimotor, language, mental, emotional, and social. Stages of development during the first year in each of the areas are surveyed, and traditions in different countries are highlighted to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Emotional Development, Infants
GRIFFITHS, CIWA – 1967
A TECHNIQUE FOR OVERCOMING HEARING PROBLEMS IN INFANTS AND CHILDREN IS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK WHICH ALSO REPORTS ON 10 YEARS OF HEAR (HEARING EDUCATION THROUGH AUDITORY RESEARCH) FOUNDATION ACHIEVEMENTS. ANY CHILD IS ELIGIBLE FOR AUDIOMETRIC EVALUATION AND/OR THERAPY AT THE FOUNDATION, WHICH ROUTINELY FITS CHILDREN WITH BINAURAL AIDS. EXPLANATIONS…
Descriptors: Auditory Evaluation, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Tests, Auditory Training
Goshen-Gottstein, Esther R. – 1980
Sex-determined differences in socialization were investigated in seven families, two of which contained twins, two of which contained triplets and three of which contained quadruplets. Two psychologists observed the families in their homes from the infants fifth month of age until the children were 3 1/2 to 6 years of age. Children's dependency,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Females, Foreign Countries, Infants
Hoffman, Martin L. – 1979
A developmental model for an empathy-based prosocial motive is presented. The framework of the model is presented in terms of three components of empathy. The first component, empathic affective arousal, is discussed and six involuntary psychological mechanisms which underlie it are described briefly. These mechanisms, in the order in which they…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Arousal Patterns, Association (Psychology)
Hutinger, Patricia L.; And Others – 1978
Three papers describe parent and staff resources from the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a home based program for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. The development of toy workshops to help parents construct materials for their children is described. Two bibliographies are presented. The first, intended for parents,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children
Eilers, Ulinda; And Others – 1977
Language development is the topic of three papers from the Macomb (Illinois) 0-3 Regional Project, a home based program for rural handicapped and high risk infants and toddlers. Cooperative efforts between the project and university speech and hearing services are described in the first paper. The second paper, addressed to parents, covers ways to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delayed Speech, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children
Rovee-Collier, Carolyn K.; And Others – 1979
Three-month-old infants learned to activate a crib mobile by means of operant footkicks. Retention of the conditioned response was assessed in the presence of the nonmoving mobile. Although forgetting is typically complete after an 8-day retention interval, infants who received a reactivation treatment, a brief exposure to the reinforcer 24 hours…
Descriptors: Conditioning, Early Experience, Infants, Memory
Zahn-Waxler, Carolyn; And Others – 1978
This 9-month naturalistic study investigated maternal influence on the responses of 1 1/2- to 2-year-old infants to emotional distress events occurring in the family environment. Mothers were trained to report details of distress incidents, of the child's reactions to the person in distress, and of the mother's own response to the child and to the…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Altruism, Child Rearing, Discipline
Freedman, D. G. – 1967
This comprehensive paper proposing the use of evolutionary theory as a basis for studies in developmental psychology includes these specific sections: (1) Developmental Theories--a brief overview, (2) Individual Differences, (3) Culture and Inbreeding, (4) Sexual Dimorphism, (5) Critical Periods in the Development of Attachments, (6) Continuity…
Descriptors: Biological Influences, Cultural Influences, Developmental Psychology, Environmental Influences
Bronson, Wanda C.; Pankey, William B. – 1977
The research described is based on videotapes of 40 toddlers interacting with peers during 10 small playgroup sessions spaced throughout the children's second year of life. The paper outlines the development of an observational system for studying the development of peer relations in toddlers, considers the behavioral forms which characterize peer…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Developmental Stages, Individual Differences, Infants
Feldman, S. Shirley; And Others – 1977
This study was designed to investigate male and female interest in babies at middle childhood and adolescence. A total of 64 middle class subjects (half 8- to 9-years-olds, half 14- to 15-year-olds) were observed individually in a 6-minute waiting room situation with an unfamiliar 6- to 10-month-old baby and mother (confederate). While the subject…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Childhood Interests, Children
Holmberg, Margaret C. – 1977
This study charts the development of social interchange patterns (reciprocity) between familiar peers and adults from written and videotaped observations of 72 children at ages 12, 18, 24, 30, 36, and 42 months. Two additional groups of eight children were observed over a 12-month interval in a parallel longitudinal design. Measures included…
Descriptors: Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Observation, Parent Child Relationship
