The sociability of two-year-olds with their mothers and fathers.
Twenty-one two-year-olds were observed interacting with their parents in a laboratory playroom. Previously reported analyses had found that  they displayes no preferencd for interaction with either parent. The present analysis found that there was a high degree of correlation between the sociability of the cild with his mother and his sociability with his father. Possible implications of this finding are discussed.
D000328:Adult; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005219:Father-Child Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007845:Laughter; D008297:Male; D008425:Maternal Behavior; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D010332:Paternal Behavior; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012737:Sex Factors; D012904:Smiling; D012919:Social Behavior; D013037:Spatial Behavior; D014705:Verbal Behavior