Observing behavior : proceedings of the conference, Application of observational/ethological methods to the study of mental retardation, held at Lake Wilderness, Washington in June, 1976 / edited by Gene P. Sackett ; jointly sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development of the United States Public Health Services, and by the Child Development and Mental Retardation Center of the University of Washington. - Baltimore : University Park Press, c1978. - 2 v. : ill. ; 25 cm. - NICHD-Mental retardation research centers series .

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

v. 1. Theory and applications in mental retardation.--v. 2. Data collection and analysis methods.

v. 1 Table of Contents

Contributors // Foreword // Preface // Ethological and ecological theories and their implications for the study of mental retardation // Conceptualizations and applications of observational methods to the study of retarded and non retarded individuals // Parent infant interaction studies // Observational methods in the study of cognitive development // Observational methods in the study of language development // Observational studies of group processes // Observational studies of behavior in community settings // Implications of observational methodology for planning and policy // Index //

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Mental retardation--Research--Congresses.
Behavior--Congresses.
Ethology--Congresses.
Mental retardation--Congresses.
Systems analysis--Congresses.

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