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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