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Peer reviewedLevitt, Mary J.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1984
Under equivalent task conditions, assessed object and person concept attainment in securely and insecurely attached infants. Subjects were 16 male and 23 female infants from middle class families. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Concept Formation, Infant Behavior, Infants
Peer reviewedNelson, Keith E. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1974
Infants ranging in age from six months to eight months were shown repeated instances of real object movement-disappearance-reappearance. Results suggest that the key changes in early cognitive development rest primarily upon the infant's gradual adaptation of old responses through encounters with new events--rather than upon the acquisition of…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Discrimination Learning, Feedback, Infant Behavior
