Hey, I'm an outsider here when it comes to this research area, but I've found the discussion interesting for a couple of reasons...first of all, just from a psychological perspective, what is the impact of parents on their children's adult behavior? I've found the discussion very interesting. Second of all, on a personal level, it makes me wonder whether my parenting behaviors had any impact on my kids' development (geez, I hope so, but I'm open to alternatives).
But to help me out here, I want to clarify something, because the numbers just don't seem to add up. Don cited 3 categories of infants: difficult, slow-to-warm-up, and easy. I think Joan, you then said that, in one study, 2/3 (that would be 67%) of the children fell into one of those categories. But then you said that 65% did not fall into one of those categories? I am thoroughly confused by those numbers. Perhaps there is a misunderstanding on my part about the numbers that you are reporting. Unless I am completely misinterpreting, what is going on here with these numbers? But how can 67% be in the categories, and 65% not be in the categories? Obviously, I'm missing something here. John -- John Serafin Psychology Department Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA 15650 [email protected] From: Joan Warmbold <[email protected]> Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:03:48 -0500 To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Conversation: [tips] Article in WSJ on study how brain develops "without Dad." Subject: Re: [tips] Article in WSJ on study how brain develops "without Dad." For example, Ainsworth study on the impact of how parents' respond to their crying babies relative to how temperament is measured, in the New York Longitudinal Study, 2/3 of the children fell into one of the three categories you mention while 65% do not. --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
