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| Research article summary (published 30 Dec 2002): |
The infant as onlooker: learning from emotional reactions observed in a television scenario.
Full Abstract
Two studies investigated whether 10- and 12-month-olds can use televised emotional reactions to guide their behavior. Infants watched an actress orient toward 1 of 2 novel objects and react with neutral affect during baseline and with positive or negative affect during test. Infants then had 30 s to interact with the objects. In Study 1, 12-month-olds (N = 32) avoided the target object and showed increases in negative affect after observing the negative-emotion scenario. Twelve-month-olds' responses to positive vs. neutral signals did not differ significantly. In Study 2, 10-month-olds (N = 32) attended to the televised presentations but showed no consistent changes in their object interactions or affect. Thus, 12-month-olds used social information presented on television and associated emotional signals with the intended target.
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Author information
Author/s: Mumme, Donna L (DL); Fernald, Anne (A);
Affiliation: Institute of Human Development, University of California, Berkeley, USA. donna.mumme(-atsign-)tufts.edu
Grants: HD 07697 (Agency:United States NICHD) ; MH 41511 (Agency:United States NIMH)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Child development (Child Dev), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2003 Jan-Feb; vol 74 (issue 1) : pp 221-37
Dates: Created 2003/03/10; Completed 2003/05/28; Revised 2007/11/14;
PMID: 12625447, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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