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ERIC Number: EJ687402
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2005-May
Pages: 18
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0961-205X
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Four-Month-Olds Make Triangular Bids to Father and Mother during Trilogue Play with Still-Face
Fivaz-Depeursinge, E.; Favez, N.; Lavanchy, S.; de Noni, S.; Frascarolo, F.
Social Development, v14 n2 p361-378 May 2005
A new observational procedure, Trilogue Play with Still-face, revealed 4-month-olds' capacities to address both their fathers and mothers, by rapidly shifting gaze and affect between them. Infants were observed in four interactive contexts: (1) "3-together" play with both parents; (2) "2 + 1" play with one parent engaging and the other as third party; (3) the same, with one parent posing a still-face; (4) "3-together" play. Infants were able to discriminate between the four contexts. They coordinated three social poles of attention in each one. Their affect configurations were context sensitive. These findings demonstrate the infant's social capacities for triangular, three-person interactions, in addition to dyadic, two-person, and triadic, two-person plus object, ones. They support a view of intersubjectivity as primary and point to a promising field of investigation for the study of family process.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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