The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms

1st Edition - January 1, 1971
Editors: Dwain N. Walcher, Donald L. Peters
Language: English
eBook ISBN:
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The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms contains the papers presented at the conference on Early Childhood: The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms, held at The… Read more

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The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms contains the papers presented at the conference on Early Childhood: The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms, held at The Pennsylvania State University in January, 1970. The theme of the conference is divided into four areas of interest: biological regulatory mechanisms, early self-regulatory behavior, thoughtful self-regulation, and models of human self-regulation. Papers focused on subjects on neurophysiological and neuroendocrinological regulatory mechanisms; infant cognitive development based on cardiac response and attention patterns; factors affecting communication abilities; and similarity of self-regulatory features of computer programs to human regulatory mechanisms. Psychologists, neurologists, physiologists, and endocrinologist will find the book invaluable.

Contents

Contributors

Conference Participants

Foreword

Acknowledgment

Conference Overview

Biological Regulatory Mechanisms

Early Self-Regulatory Behavior

Thoughtful Self-Regulation

Models of Human Self-Regulation

Implications for Future Action

Role of Experience in Development of Neurophysiological Regulatory Mechanisms and in Organization of the Brain

Trial-and-Error Self-Organization as a Supplement to Limited Genetic Information

Ontogeny of Regulation of Intake of Food

Measurable Changes in Brain as Consequences of Differential Experience

Discussion

Conclusions

References

Discussion

Effects of Handling in Infancy upon Adult Behavior and Adrenocortical Activity: Suggestions for a Neuroendocrine Mechanism

Effects of Handling in Infancy upon Later Behavior

Effects of Handling in Infancy upon the Adrenal and the Plasma Corticosterone Response and Emotionality

Neonatal Sex Hormones and Behavior: A Model for Infantile Stimulation

Studies Involving Corticosterone as Part of the Mechanism of Infantile Stimulation

Studies on the Pituitary-Adrenal System of the Neonatal Rat

Summary

References

Discussion

Remarks of Dr. Lewis Lipsitt

Determinants of an Infant's Cardiac Response to Stimulation

General Procedure

Response Measures

Average Response

Monophasic or Diphasic Response

Initial Value

Acceleration or Deceleration (Crossover Point)

Behavioral State

General Summary

References

Discussion

Attention in the Infant: Avenue to the Study of Cognitive Development

The Measurement of Attention

Complexity, Contour, Rate of Change, and Age

Response to Discrepancy

Conclusions

References

Discussion

The Sensory-Motor Origins of Knowledge

The Development of the Universe: The Origin of the Categories of Knowledge

From Sensory-Motor Activities to the Semiotic Function

Conclusions

References

Of Language Knowledge, Apes, and Brains

Language Knowledge: Formal Constants of Cognitive Achievement

Apes: Heuristics of Cross-Species Comparison of Cognitive Function

Brains: Preliminaries to Theorizing

Discussion

References

Discussion

The Interpersonal Regulation of Behavior

Text

References

Discussion

Regulatory Functions In Computer Models

Computer Program Structures

Examples of S elf-Regulation

Final Comments

References

Discussion

The Development of Self-Regulatory Mechanisms: Epilogue

Self-Regulatory Mechanisms

The Dynamic Interactional View of Human Development

The Processes of Individualization

Research Implications

References

Author Index

Subject Index