12. Infant Exploration and Play

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments IX
4. Introduction 1
5. Part I. General Themes
6. 1. Human Babies as Embryos 5
7. 2. Transactional Models in Early Social Relations 15
8. 3. The Coherence of Individual Development 19
9. II. Prenatal and Perinatal Influences
10. 4. Smoking During Pregnancy 31
11. 5. Maternal Alcoholism and the Outcome of Pregnancy 43
12. 6. Lasting Behavioral Effects of Obstetric Medication on Children 50
13. 7. Parent-to-Infant Attachment 55
14. 8. Prematurity 65
15. 9. Perinatal Indicators and Psychophysiological Precursors of Crib Death 74
16. Part III. Cognitive-Perceptual Development
17. 10. Our Developing Knowledge of Infant Perception and Cognition 83
18. 11. Transitions in Infant Sensorimotor Development and the Prediction of Childhood IQ 95
19. 12. Infant Exploration and Play 109
20. 13. Early Communication and Language Development 121
21. Part IV. Socioemotional Development
22. 14. The Development of Infant-Mother Attachment 133
23. 15. Continuity of Adaptation in the Second Year 144
24. 16. Growth of Social Play with Peers During the Second Year of Life 157
25. 17. Self, Other, and Fear 167
26. Part V. Postnatal Influences Within and Beyond the Family
27. 18. Dimensions of Early Stimulation and Their Differential Effects on Infant Development 179
28. 19. Infant Obedience and Maternal Behavior 194
29. 20. And Daddy Makes Three 204
30. 21. Mother, Father, and Infant as an Interactive System 216
31. 22. Interactions Between 18-Month-Olds and Their Preschool Siblings 227
32. 23. Maternal Employment and Mother-Child Interaction 233
33. 24. The Effects of Day Care 243
34. Part VI. Early Intervention
35. 25. Compensatory Education for Disadvantaged Children 257
36. 26. The Prenatal/Early Infancy Project 270
37. References 287