This film shows over one hundred infants and their mothers who were studied to try and work out a pattern of behaviour during the baby’s feeding. Seven types were noticed within the schema of empathy, control and efficiency. Those mothers who showed positive signs of all of these did best. Many mothers showed little sensitivity to the needs of their babies and this was still obvious a year later.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007279
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Psychology - Study and teaching
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Child development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Infants - Development
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Parenting
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Breast feeding
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Child development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infant psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Infants - Development
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Study and teaching
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)