Intentions make a difference

Autor(en)
Maria Legerstee, Gabriela Markova
Abstrakt

In two studies, 3-, 6- and 9-month-old infants interacted with their mothers during natural, still-face, and modified still-face (i.e., mothers wearing a mask, or drinking from bottle) conditions. Infants were also presented with matching doll conditions to control for the possibility that their responses might be due to changes in superficial perceptual features. Regardless of age, infants displayed negative affect to the still-face, but, in contrast to recent reports, not to the modified still-face conditions. However, whereas infants' positive affect also depended on their mothers' communicative intentions, these responses changed with cognitive maturation. As expected, infant responses to their mothers were significantly different from those to the doll. The implications of these findings for theories of communication are discussed.

Organisation(en)
Externe Organisation(en)
York University
Journal
Infant Behavior and Development
Band
30
Seiten
232-250
Anzahl der Seiten
19
ISSN
0163-6383
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.02.008
Publikationsdatum
2007
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501005 Entwicklungspsychologie
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
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