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Pelaez, Martha; Virues-Ortega, Javier; Gewirtz, Jacob L. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 2012
This experiment investigated social referencing as a form of discriminative learning in which maternal facial expressions signaled the consequences of the infant's behavior in an ambiguous context. Eleven 4- and 5-month-old infants and their mothers participated in a discrimination-training procedure using an ABAB design. Different consequences…
Descriptors: Stimulation, Nonverbal Communication, Infants, Mothers
Bennett, Stephen – Journal of Child Psychiatry, 1971
An infant's unique style and temperament is thought to develop during a given small time segment as a consequence of the initiatives taken by caretaker or infant; usually an interaction of the two. (WY)
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Infant Behavior, Infants, Personality Development
Mitkin, A. – 1987
Reported are three series of experiments analyzing the development of the visual function of infants. The first experimental series was aimed at the investigation of infants' reaction to moving objects. The second experimental series dealt with the analysis of the development of binocular vision in infants. The goal of the third series was to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Depth Perception, Eye Movements, Foreign Countries