Book
Navajo infancy: an ethological study of child development
Aldine Pub. Co. • Hawthorne, Ny • Published In 1983 • Pages: xii, 267
By: Chisholm, James S..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This source is an investigation of how the use of a cradleboard affects mother-infant interaction patterns. The subjects which are discussed are development in an evolutionary context, the environment of Navajo infancy, the cradleboard, the research, the behavior of Navajo and Anglo newborn infants, Navajo and Anglo children's fear of strangers, mother-infant interaction, and development as adaptation. The author concludes that the cradleboard '…does not significantly affect the major dimensions of their [i.e., mothers and infants] interaction or account for more than a small percentage of the differences between Navajo interactive behavior frequencies…' (p. 199).
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Infant care
- Development and maturation
- Personality development
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Marlene Martin ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1967-1976
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1974-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Navajo Mountain, Utah, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- James S. Chisholm
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-264) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 83012258
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians