ERIC Number: EJ1103311
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 10
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1522-7227
EISSN: N/A
Assessing Social Cognition: A New Instrumental Paradigm Based on Contingent Feedback
Bertin, Evelin; Wong, Charlene; Striano, Tricia
Infant and Child Development, v25 n3 p323-332 May-Jun 2016
Seven- to 12-month-olds were trained to press levers that contingently activated lights. Infants had the choice of turning on either a light an adult interaction partner was looking at or a light that she turned away from. By 9 months, infants reliably turned on the light that the adult was looking at. In a second study, 9- and 12-month-old infants could see the adult's upper body but not her face during the test. Nine-month-old infants showed the same pattern of results as in Study 1. However, turning on the light that the adult looked at dropped to chance level for 12-month-olds. Results suggest that feedback from movement cues might influence infants' behaviour at 9 and 12 months of age but that shared visual attention with others may drive infants' behaviour by 12 months. The new paradigm provides a new method to assess the development of social cognitive skills among infants.
Descriptors: Infants, Social Cognition, Infant Behavior, Object Manipulation, Adults, Human Body, Lighting, Feedback (Response), Skill Development, Interpersonal Competence, Task Analysis
Wiley-Blackwell. 350 Main Street, Malden, MA 02148. Tel: 800-835-6770; Tel: 781-388-8598; Fax: 781-388-8232; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: http://bibliotheek.ehb.be:2429/WileyCDA
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A