BEH1041 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Attention Span, Active Child, Anomie Belle
24 Jul 2018
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Thomas, chess & birch (1968) new york longitudinal study. Aim: i) identification of categories of temperament: determine effects of early temperament on development. 133 infants studied from early infancy to early adulthood. 3 point ratings of infant behaviour - low, medium, high. Ratings tended to cluster into three temperament groupings: easy (approx. Readily adapt to new experiences, generally display positive moods and emotions and also have normal eating and sleeping patterns: slow-to-warm-up (approx. Low activity level, and tend to withdraw from new situations and people. They are slow to adapt to new experiences, but accept them after repeated exposure: difficult (approx 10%) feisty. Very emotional, irritable and fussy, and cry a lot. Item samples from ritq for 4-11 month old infants: the infant is fussy on waking up and going to sleep (frowns, cries). Mood: the infant moves about much (kicks, grabs, squirms) during diapering and dressing. Activity: the infant stops play and watches when someone walks by.
