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ERIC Number: EJ095031
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Infants' Exploratory Responses to Toys and People
Eckerman, Carol O.; Rheingold, Harriet L.
Developmental Psychology, 10, 2, 255-259, Mar 74
Ten-month-old infants in an unfamiliar environment with their mothers were left free to approach and touch a distant, unfamiliar object-a person or a toy. Results suggest that looking at persons constitutes exploratory behavior whereas touching and manipulating served this function with inanimate objects. (CS)
Descriptors: Infant Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Social Behavior, Toys
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Identifiers: Exploratory Behavior