SOCIAL AND EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOR IN INFANCY: SOME DEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES AND PROBLEMS

Recent res is presented on soc & emotional behavior in infancy through an analysis of some 60 items offered in a Bibliog. Continuity & diff's between recent & previous res are outlined. One pervasive & important recent res emphasis has been a concern with a more precise analysis...

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Published in:Merrill-Palmer Quarterly 1968-01, Vol.14 (1), p.82-100
Main Author: Ricciuti, Henry N.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavior/Behavioral
Child development
Development/Developments
Emotion/Emotions/Emotional/ Emotionally/ Emotionality
Emotional development
Emotional expression
Humans
Infancy
Infant/Infants/Infancy (see also Baby)
Infants
Mental stimulation
Mothers
Papers from the 1967 Merrill-Palmer Conference on Research and Teaching of Infant Development
Physiological stimulation
Pleasure
Social
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Summary:Recent res is presented on soc & emotional behavior in infancy through an analysis of some 60 items offered in a Bibliog. Continuity & diff's between recent & previous res are outlined. One pervasive & important recent res emphasis has been a concern with a more precise analysis of stimulus & situational determinants of soc & emotional behavior (in studies of infant emotional behavior in both humans & animals) & with analysis of the eliciting & reinforcing effects of salient stimuli involved in infant-adult interaction. Another important set of issues is covered by res on approach & withdrawal processes, exploratory behavior, curiosity & intrinsic motivation, & arousal & activation. One of our main problems is still that of adequately conceptualizing the nature of emotional processes early in life & the transformations undergone by these processes & their precursors during ontogenesis, beginning with birth. Finally, we cannot adequately study soc & emotional behavior in infancy independently of other basic psychol'al processes involved in the infant's behavior & development. I. Langnas.
ISSN:0026-0150
0272-930X