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ERIC Number: EJ185324
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Aversive Reactions to Strangers: A Dual Process Interpretation
Bronson, Gordon
Child Development, 49, 2, 495-9, Jun 78
A reanalysis of first-year longitudinal data suggests that infants' reactions to a stranger up through the middle of the first year are attributed to a wariness of the unfamiliar while by 9 months, learned aversions which have their roots in prior disturbing experiences may become an important additional determinant. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Early Experience, Infant Behavior, Infants, Longitudinal Studies, Mediation Theory, Stranger Reactions
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