University of Manitoba
U NIVERSITY OF M ANITOBA | Department of Psychology

Developmental Psychology
Warren O. Eaton

Warren Eaton

Developmental Psychology Research

 
• Developmental Milestones
• Developmental Trajectories
• Physical Maturation
• Motor Activity Level
• Activity Gender Differences and Stereotypes
• Favored Developmental Research Methods
Developmental Psychology Research and Presentations
Graduate Study Research

Developmental Psychology Courses

Graduate School in Developmental Psychology

University of Manitoba, Canada
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Infant Development Milestone Study

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Developmental Psychology Research & Presentations

Developmental Psychology Research

  • Campbell, D. W., Eaton, W. O., & McKeen, N. A. (2002). Motor activity level and behavioral control in young children. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 26, 289-296.
  • Eaton, W.O., McKeen, N. A., & Campbell, D. W. (2001). The waxing and waning of movement: Implications for psychological development. Developmental Review, 21, 205-223.
  • Campbell, D. W., & Eaton, W. O. (1999). Sex differences in the activity levels of infants. Infant and Child Development, 8, 1-17.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1999). Information technologies and the scientific journal: editorial. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 31, 1-2.
  • Eaton, W. O., Rothman, D. B., McKeen, N. A., & Campbell, D. W. (1998). Something sinistral going on? Asymmetry in arm movement frequency. Laterality, 3, 311-322.
  • Eaton, W. O., Chipperfield, J. G., Ritchot, K. F. M., & Kostiuk, J. H. (1996). Is maturational lag associated with left-handedness: a research note. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 37, 613-617.
  • Eaton, W. O., McKeen, N. A., & Saudino, K. J. (1996). Measuring human individual differences in general motor activity with actometers. In K.-P. Ossenkopp, M. Kavaliers, and P. R. Sanberg (Eds.), Measuring movement and locomotion: From invertebrates to humans (pp. 79-92). Austin, TX: R. G. Landes Co..
  • Eaton, W. O., & Ritchot, K. F. M. (1995). Physical maturation and information processing speed in middle childhood. Developmental Psychology, 31, 967-972.
  • Saudino, K. J., & Eaton, W. O. (1995). Continuity and change in objectively assessed temperament: A longitudinal twin study of activity level. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 13, 81-95.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Speed, M. E. (1995). Physical maturation and phonological skills in children. International Journal of Behavioural Development, 18, 165-176.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1994). Methodological implications of the impending engagement of temperament and biology. In John E. Bates and Theodore D. Wachs (Eds.), Temperament: Individual differences at the interface of biology and behavior (pp. 259-273). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1994). Temperament, development, and the five factor model: lessons from activity level. In C. F. Halverson, G. A. Kohnstamm, & R. P. Martin (Eds.), The developing structure of temperament and personality from infancy to adulthood (pp. 173-187). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
  • Miller, A. R., Barr, R. G., & Eaton, W. O. (1993). Crying and motor behavior of six-week-old infants and post-partum maternal mood. Pediatrics, 92, 551-558.
  • Chipperfield, J. G., & Eaton, W. O. (1992). Reactivity and environmental stimulation as predictors of motor activity level in children. Personality and Individual Differences, 13, 591-601.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Saudino, K. J. (1992). Prenatal activity level as a temperament dimension? Individual differences and developmental functions in fetal movement. Infant Behavior and Development, 15, 57-70.
  • Saudino, K. J., & Eaton, W. O. (1991). Infant temperament and genetics: An objective twin study of motor activity level. Child Development, 62, 1167-1174.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Yu, A. P. (1989). Are sex differences in child motor activity level a function of sex differences in maturational status? Child Development, 60, 1005-1011.
  • Eaton, W. O., Chipperfield, J. G., & Singbeil, C. E. (1989). Birth order and activity level in children. Developmental Psychology, 25, 668-672.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1989). Childhood sex differences in motor performance and activity level: Findings and implications. In B. Kirkcaldy (Ed.), Medicine and Sport Science, Vol. 29: Normalities and Abnormalities in Movement (pp. 58-77). Basel, Switzerland: Karger.
  • Butcher, J. E., & Eaton, W. O. (1989). Gross and fine motor proficiency in preschoolers: Relationships with free play behavior and activity level. Journal of Human Movement Studies, 16, 27-36.
  • Eaton, W. O., McKeen, N. A., & Lam, C.-S. (1988). Instrumented motor activity measurement of the young infant in the home: Validity and reliability. Infant Behavior and Development, 11, 353-356.
  • Burdz, M. P., Eaton, W. O., & Bond, J. B., Jr. (1988). Effect of respite care on dementia and nondementia patients and their caregivers. Psychology and Aging, 3, 38-42.
  • Eaton, W. O., Enns, L. R., & Pressé, M. C. (1987). Scheme for observing activity level and estimating energy expenditure. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 3, 273-280.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Dureski, C. M. (1986). Parent and actometer measures of motor activity level in the young infant. Infant Behavior and Development, 9, 383-393.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Enns, L. R. (1986). Sex differences in human motor activity level. Psychological Bulletin, 100, 19-28.]
  • Eaton, W. O. (1984). On obtaining unpublished data for research integrations. American Psychologist, 39, 1325-1326.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Burdz, M. P. (1984). Gender understanding and the similar sequence hypothesis. American Journal of Mental Deficiency, 89, 23-28.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1983). Measuring activity level with actometers: Reliability, validity, and arm length. Child Development, 54, 720-726.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1983). Gender understanding and sex role stereotyping in preschoolers: Implications for caregivers. Child Care Quarterly, 12, 28-35.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1983). Reliability in ethics reviews: Some initial empirical findings. Canadian Psychology, 24, 14 18.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Keats, J. G. (1982). Peer presence, stress, and sex differences in the motor activity levels of preschoolers. Developmental Psychology, 17, 534-540.
  • Eaton, W. O., Von Bargen, D., & Keats, J. G. (1981). Gender understanding and dimensions of preschooler toy choice: Sex stereotype versus activity level. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 13, 203-209.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Von Bargen, D. (1981). Asynchronous development of gender understanding in preschool children. Child Development, 52, 1020-1027.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1980). Cross lagged analysis of children's test anxiety and defensiveness. Journal of Educational Psychology, 72, 404-407.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1979). Review of Adolescent Psychology by J. J. Mitchell. Canadian Psychology, 20, 196 197.
  • Eaton, W. O. (1979). Profile approach to longitudinal data: Test anxiety and success failure experience. Developmental Psychology, 15, 344-345.
  • Hill, K. T., & Eaton, W. O. (1977). The interaction of test anxiety and success failure experiences in determining children's arithmetic performance. Developmental Psychology, 13, 205 211.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Clore, G. L. (1975). Interracial imitation at a summer camp. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 32, 1099-1105.

Recent Conference Presentations

  • Bodnarchuk, J. L., & Eaton, W. O. (2002, April). Seasonal factors and birthweight: New evidence from the Southern Hemisphere. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Toronto.
  • Campbell, D. W., Eaton, W. O., & Lerfald, J. L. (2001, April). Children's movement: some stability, some change, and a sex difference. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis.
  • Lerfald, J. L., Eaton, W.O., & Taylor, C. (2001, April). Salivary DHEA and physical maturity: age and sex differences. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis.
  • Eaton, W. O. (2000, May). Activity level: a paradigm, a trajectory, and some implications. Development 2000, A Conference on Developmental Psychology, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • Lerfald, J.L., & Eaton, W. O. (2000, May). Seasonality effects in perinatal growth processes? Birth weights in New Zealand. Development 2000, A Conference on Developmental Psychology, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • Longstaffe, S., Moffatt, M. E. K., Eaton, W. O., & Whalen, J. (1999, June). Developmental resiliency at age 6 in impoverished children: an RCT. Canadian Pediatric Society, Winnipeg.
  • McKeen, N. A., Eaton, W. O., & Campbell, D. W. (1999, May). Emotional and verbal laterality in children on the dichotic listening task. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax.
  • McKeen, N. A., Eaton, W. O., Campbell, D. W., & Mitsutake, G. (1999, April). Sinistral movement bias in 7- to 14-year-olds: Another brick in the wall. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque.
  • Campbell, D. W., Eaton, W. O., McKeen, N. A., & Mitsutake, G. (1999, April). The rise and fall of motor activity: Evidence of age-related change from 7 to 14 years. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque.
  • McKeen, N. A., & Eaton, W. O. (1998, June). Activity level: measurement and relations to affect regulation. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association, Edmonton.
  • Eaton, W. O., & Denton, M. J. (1998, May). Surfing for subjects: infant recruitment from birth announcements and the Web. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial Waterloo Conference on Child Development, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • Campbell, D. W., Eaton, W. O., Moffatt, M. E. K., Longstaffe, S. E., & Besant, J. (1998, May). Iron supplementation effects on individual developmental curves of Bayley PDI performance in high-risk infants. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial Waterloo Conference on Child Development, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • McKeen, N. A., Eaton, W. O., Campbell, D. W., & Saudino, K. J. (1998, May). Movement asymmetries at age 3 predict behaviour problems at age 6. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial Waterloo Conference on Child Development, Waterloo, Ontario.
  • Campbell, D. W., Saudino, K. J., Eaton, W. O., & McKeen, N. A. (1998, April). An individual growth curve analysis of activity level from infancy to 6 years. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Atlanta.
  • Eaton, W. O., Rothman, D. B., McKeen, N. A., & Campbell, D. W. (1997, June). Something sinistral going on? Asymmetry in arm movement frequency. Poster presented at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, Winnipeg.
  • Mitsutake, G., Eaton, W. O., & McKeen, N. A. (1997, June). Is infant motor activity level related to geomagnetic fluctuations? Poster presented at the Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, and Cognitive Science, Winnipeg.
  • Saudino, K. J., & Eaton, W. O. (1997, April). Continuity and change in motor activity from infancy to early childhood. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington.
  • Saudino, K. J., & Eaton, W. O. (1996, October). Exploring the link between motor activity and behavior problems from infancy to early childhood: Some unexpected outcomes. Poster presented at the 9th Occasional Temperament Conference, Eugene, OR.
  • Campbell, D. W., & Eaton, W. O. (1996, August). The development of cognitive inhibition and motor activity level in young children. Poster presented at the 14th biennial meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Quebec City.

Warren Eaton | Developmental Psychology Research | Developmental Psychology Research and Presentations | Graduate Study Research
Developmental Psychology Courses | Graduate School in Developmental Psychology | University of Manitoba, Canada | Contact Warren Eaton

Developmental Milestones | Developmental Trajectories | Physical Maturation | Motor Activity Level
Activity Gender Differences and Stereotypes | Favored Developmental Research Methods

 

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