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This article presents the authors' comments on the review written by professor Phillip Shaver regarding research done by the authors on child social behavior as of January 1984. Shaver's comments revolve around the definitional characteristics of the attributional measures employed by the authors in their research and the relationship between attributions and behavior. The authors' initial interest in attributions as moderators of caregiving interactions focused on locus of control. In their research the authors attempted to extend and refine their measurement of attributions. The extension consisted of a separate assessment of control or power attributed to self and control or power attributed to the child.