Reactivity in Infants: A Cross-National Comparison

Four-month-old infants from Boston, Dublin, and Beijing were administered the same battery of visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli. The Chinese infants were significantly less active, irritable, and vocal than the Boston and Dublin samples, with American infants showing the highest level of react...

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Published inDevelopmental psychology Vol. 30; no. 3; p. 342
Main Author Kagan, Jerome
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.05.1994
Subjects
Auditory Stimuli
China (Beijing)
Cross Cultural Studies
Cultural Differences
Foreign Countries
Infant Behavior
Infants
Ireland (Dublin)
Olfactory Stimuli
Responses
United States
Visual Stimuli
United States
China (Beijing)
Ireland (Dublin)
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Summary:Four-month-old infants from Boston, Dublin, and Beijing were administered the same battery of visual, auditory, and olfactory stimuli. The Chinese infants were significantly less active, irritable, and vocal than the Boston and Dublin samples, with American infants showing the highest level of reactivity. (Author)
ISSN:0012-1649
DOI:10.1037/0012-1649.30.3.342