Biobehavioral assessment of the infant / Lynn Twarog Singer, Philip Sanford Zeskind, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singer, Lynn T.

Zeskind, Philip Sanford.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infants--Psychological testing.

Infants.

Psychological tests for children.

Behavioral assessment of infants.

Child Development.

Psychology, Child--methods.

Medical Subjects:

Child Development.

Psychology, Child--methods.

Physical Description:

xix, 476 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2001]

Contents:

I. Introductory Issues

1. General Issues in Infant Assessment and Development / Lynn Twarog Singer 3

2. Conceptual and Methodological Basis for Understanding Development and Risk in Infants / Ronald Seifer 18

II. Prenatal Growth and Sensory Development

3. Fetal Neurobehavioral Assessment / Janet A. DiPietro 43

4. Visual Acuity Assessment in Infancy / D. Luisa Mayer, Robert E. Arendt 81

5. Auditory Assessment in Infancy / Alan B. Cobo-Lewis, Rebecca E. Eilers 95

III. Arousal and Regulation

6. Vagal Tone / Fran Lang Porter 109

7. Sleep-Wake States as a Context for Assessment, as Components of Assessment, and as Assessment / Evelyn B. Thoman 125

8. Analysis of Infant Crying / Philip Sanford Zeskind, Barry M. Lester 149

9. Salivary Cortisol Measures in Infant and Child Assessment / Megan R. Gunnar, Barbara Prudhomme White 167

10. Assessment of Temperament in Early Development / Mary K. Rothbart, Kean H. Chew, Maria Amy Gartstein 190

11. Attachment Assessment in the Strange Situation / Susan Goldberg 209

IV. Learning and Attention

12. Learning and Memory in Infancy: Habituation, Instrumental Conditioning, and Expectancy Formation / Jeffrey W. Fagen, Phyllis S. Ohr 233

13. Visual Information Processing / Susan A. Rose, Esther K. Orlian 274

14. Focused Attention: Assessing a Fundamental Cognitive Process in Infancy / Katharine R. Lawson, Holly A. Ruff 293

15. The A-Not-B Task / Julia S. Noland 312

16. Cortical Electrophysiology and Language Processes in Infancy / Dennis L. Molfese, Victoria J. Molfese 323

17. Electroencephalographic Assessment and Human Brain Maturation: A Window into Emotional and Cognitive Development in Infancy / Dalit Himmelfarb Marshall, Nathan A. Fox 341

V. Standard Assessments

18. Behavioral Assessment Scales: The NICU Network Neurobehavioral Scale, the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale, and the Assessment of the Preterm Infant's Behavior / Barry M. Lester, Edward Z. Tronick 363

19. The Neurobehavioral Assessment of the Preterm Infant: Reliability and Developmental and Clinical Validity / Anneliese F. Korner, Janet C. Constantinou 381

20. Determining Functional Integrity in Neonates: A Rapid Neurobehavioral Assessment Tool / Judith M. Gardner, Bernard Z. Karmel, Robert L. Freedland 398

21. Motor Assessment / Jane Case-Smith, Rosemarie Bigsby 423

22. The Bayley Scales of Infant Development: Is There a Role in Biobehavioral Assessment? / Margaret Bendersky, Michael Lewis 443.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1572306696

OCLC:

46240325