During a routine laboratory procedure, 12-month-old Joey watched his mother unexpectedly
leave the room. He immediately erupted into loud sobs and would not be comforted by the …

The purpose of this article is to discuss definitional and measurement issues as well as
empirical evidence regarding temperament, especially with regard to children's (a) typical …

In this important volume, Lois Bloom brings together the theoretical and empirical work she
has carried out on early lexical development. Its focus is on the expressive power children …

Progressing gradually from babbling to meaningful sentences is something most babies do
naturally. But why do they? John L. Locke's answer constitutes a fascinating journey along …

This book presents the reader with a set of diverse, carefully developed and clearly specified
systems of transcription and coding, arising from contrasting theoretical perspectives, and …

There is increasing evidence that, in this culture, females express a wide variety of emotions
more intensely than do males, both verbally and through nonverbal facial expressions. Why …

This study examines relationships between organizing processes of affective
communication in infancy and the development of symbolic competence. Thirty six mother …

This up-to-date summary of research in the field highlights the pivotal role that emotions play
in personality formation and social behavior. The authors discuss this research in its …

Relations among specific aspects of language (comprehension and production, semantics,
and utterance length) and relations between language and symbolic play were evaluated …

The purpose of the longitudinal research reported in this" Monograph" was to examine
language acquisition in the second year of life in the context of developments in cognition …