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Peer reviewedTomasello, Michael; Farrar, Michael Jeffrey – Child Development, 1986
Findings from studies exploring role of joint attentional focus in children's acquisition of language indicated that language of 24 mothers and their 15- to 21-month-olds inside episodes of joint attentional focus involved more utterances, shorter sentences, more comments, and longer conversations than outside of episodes. Also, object references…
Descriptors: Attention, Infants, Language Acquisition, Language Research
Peer reviewedKruger, Ann Cale; Tomasello, Michael – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Investigates whether children's use of reasoning differs in child-child and adult-child discussions of moral dilemmas. Supports Piaget's contention that moral discussions with peers feature a more spontaneous use of reasoning than do discussions with adults. (HOD)
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Development, Conflict Resolution
