Browsing by Subject "Developmental Psychology"
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Developmental and Evolutionary Origins of Language: Insights from the Study of Pointing and Gaze in Infants, Bonobos, and Chimpanzees
(2017)The uniquely human ability to acquire language has led to two important and enduring questions: how did humans evolve the ability to communicate through language, and how do human infants acquire this ability so adeptly? ... -
Neighborhood Influences on Health among Black and White Adults
(2011)The current study examined the relationships among the neighborhood environment, levels of self-efficacy, health behaviors, and health outcomes among adults in the United States. The goals of the research were as follows: ... -
The Regulatory Capacities of Motivational Constructs: An examination of Academic Motivation and Self-Regulation Toward Academic Success in Favorite and Least Favorite Classes
(2011)One-hundred and seventy-seven high-school students and two-hundred responded to a survey assessing their motivation (goal orientations, expectancies, and values), self-regulation (cognitive, behavior, and emotion), learning ... -
What Do We Know About Joint Attention in Shared Book Reading? An Eye-tracking Intervention Study
(2011)Joint attention is critical for social learning activities such as parent-child shared book reading. However, there is a potential disassociation of attention when the adult reads texts while the child looks at pictures. ...
