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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 reviewedBigelow, Anne E.; And Others – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1995
Two experiments investigated 8-, 10-, and 12-month-old infants' levels of searching for mothers, strangers, and objects. Found that, overall, 10- and 12-month-old infants had higher levels of searching for mothers, whereas youngest infants showed no differences for searching. This discrepancy is likely due to social cognitive development and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Infant Behavior, Infants
Download full textRinkoff, Robert F. – 1975
This study measured infant responses to mother and stranger as a function of mother and stranger distance. A group of 10-month-old infants were pretested for level of object permanence and person permanence, and 18 males and 18 females were chosen as study participants. The infants were randomly assigned to one of three treatment groups: (1)…
Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Distance, Emotional Response, Infant Behavior
