Father Discrimination in the First Week of Life,

Abstract

Two experiments were conducted to determine how soon after birth infants are able to distinguish their father's voice from that of a male stranger. The dependent variable was latency of crying cessation following initiation of adult speech. In the initial experiment, 21 infants with an average age of three days were tested and in the second experiment, 22 seven day olds were the subjects; there was equivalent representation of six in each subject group. Comparisons were conducted in a single session for each infant. Results indicated that while there was a clear effect of the father's voice with the younger subjects, statistically significant effectiveness was only documented with the seven day old infants. Within one week of birth infants are capable of discriminating their father's voice from voices of other males.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADP003985

Entities

People

  • R. C. Hulsebus

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Behavioral Disciplines And Activities
  • Behavioral Sciences
  • Discrimination
  • Prejudice
  • Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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