Preschoolers' Attention to and Memory for Attachment-Relevant Information.

Kirsh, Steven J.; Cassidy, Jude

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ERIC Number: EJ556034

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Publication Date: 1997

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Preschoolers' Attention to and Memory for Attachment-Relevant Information.

Kirsh, Steven J.; Cassidy, Jude

Child Development, v68 n6 p1143-53 Dec 1997

Examined the relationship between infants' attachment quality and attention and memory at 3.5 years. Found that insecure/avoidant and insecure/ambivalent children looked away from mother-child drawings more than secure children. Secure children better recalled stories in which mothers responded sensitively than did insecure/avoidant children, and recalled rejecting stories better than insecure/ambivalent children did. (Author/KB)

Descriptors: Attachment Behavior, Attention, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Learning Processes, Memory, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Preschool Children, Recall (Psychology)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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