Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Psychology
Date of Publication
1976
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (M.A.) in Psychology
Department
Psychology
Language
English
Subjects
Infant psychology, Cognition in children, Parent and child
DOI
10.15760/etd.2409
Physical Description
1 online resource (43 p.)
Abstract
The present study extended the Lewis and Goldberg (1968) study and included the parameter of infant temperament as defined by Thomas, Chess, Birch, Hertzig and Korn (1963). As in the Goldberg study, the index of response decrement was used as a measure of the infant’s development. It was hypothesized that response decrement would be positively correlated with high frequency of caregiver stimulation and negatively correlated with high infant intensity and activity ratings. Response decrement is the measured decrease in the amount of time an infant looks at a novel stimulus after several trials. It was computed by observing the infant’s fixation to a single blinking light over four trials, and subtracting the total amount of time looking on trial from trial one.
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Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/15754
Recommended Citation
Stauffer, Anita E., "An Examination of the Interrelationship Between Caregiver Behaviors, Infant Temperament and Perceptual-Cognitive Development" (1976). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2412.
https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2409
Comments
A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Psychology