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| Autor/in | Horowitz, Frances Degen |
|---|---|
| Titel | Discussion of Papers Presented in the Symposium on Individual Differences in Infancy: Reliability, Stability and Prediction. |
| Quelle | (1987), (8 Seiten) |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
| Schlagwörter | Attention; Conference Papers; Individual Differences; Infant Behavior; Infants; Research Methodology; Test Reliability |
| Abstract | Discussed are methodological aspects of three symposium papers on process approaches to individual differences in infancy. Fagan's (1987) research is viewed as an important contribution to the growing literature that demonstrates that process measures, that is, information processing behaviors, may provide a useful reflection of early to later relationships. Other findings suggest that state characteristics could also be important. Some process measures, such as number of fixations, proportion of time off the stimulus, and shift rate, may be indirect gradations of state fluctuations during an attentional episode. The goal of studies of information processing behavior as an individual difference characteristic is to account for the variance of the developmental outcome phenomena. Of utmost importance are the specific task measures for the explicit description of process and the implications that may be derived from introducing the role of state. State variability and organization may be individual difference characteristics that will permit researchers to describe how infants manage and modulate attentional behavior. If reliability is influenced by state factors, then the addition of state measures or some characterization of individual differences in state organization and management may be an important source for increasing the amount of variance for which researchers can account. (RH) |
| Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
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