Individual Differences in Infant Fearfulness and Cognitive Performance: A Testing, Performance, or Competence Effect?

Genetic, Social, and General Psychology Monographs

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-71

  Rieser Danner, Loretta A ^a  

^a WEST CHESTER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive development; Habituation; Infancy; Temperament

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EYE FIXATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; TEMPERAMENT; VISION;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COGNITION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEAR; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PLAY AND PLAYTHINGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEMPERAMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0141530995     PISSN: 87567547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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