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Abusive and Nonabusive Mothers' Ability to Identify General and Specific Emotion Signals of Infants.
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Kropp, Joseph P.; Haynes, O. Maurice – Child Development, 1987
A group of 20 abusive mothers and a group of 20 matched, nonabusive mothers were shown slides depicting infants in seven different emotional states. Abusive mothers were more likely to incorrectly identify specific signals of emotion and to label negative affect as positive. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Child Abuse, Comparative Analysis, Cues
Differential Facial Responses to Four Basic Tastes in Newborns.
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Rosentstein, Diana; Oster, Harriet – Child Development, 1988
Investigated the distinctiveness and recognizability of taste-elicited facial expressions in 12 newborns two hours of age. Findings demonstrated that newborns differentiate sour and bitter from each other and from salty, and discriminate between sweet and nonsweet. Judges accurately identified newborns' responses to sucrose, but systematically…
Descriptors: Facial Expressions, Identification, Infant Behavior, Neonates
Conflicting Goals in Self-Evaluative Information Seeking: Developmental and Ability Level Analyses
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Ruble, Diane N.; Flett, Gordon L. – Child Development, 1988
Examines developmental changes in the resolution of conflicting goals involved in self-evaluation among children entering second, fourth, and sixth grades who represent high, medium, and low ability levels in arithmetic. Results are discussed in terms of strategies for balancing self-assessment with self-enhancement needs. (Author/RWB)
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Age Differences, Arithmetic, Child Development