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Kuzmak, Sylvia D; Gelman, Rochel – Child Development, 1986
Describes two experiments that assessed young children's understanding of the characteristic uncertainty in the physical nature of random phenomena as well as the unpredictability of outcomes. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, Perception, Perceptual Development
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Stevens, Joseph H., Jr.; Bakeman, Roger – Developmental Psychology, 1985
A factor analysis was conducted on Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) item scores of low-income black and white urban mothers of infants 13 to 30 months of age to determine the extent to which the existing subscales were evident in this factor analysis.
Descriptors: Blacks, Cognitive Development, Factor Analysis, Infants
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Fox, Nathan A.; Porges, Stephen W. – Child Development, 1985
Addresses the utility of a noninvasive measure of cardiac vagal tone in predicting developmental outcome among infants at risk for cognitive disabilities. Results suggest that measurement of cardiac vagal tone may provide an important means for assessing risk in birth-stressed populations. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Heart Rate, High Risk Persons