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ERIC Number: EJ285708
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1983-Aug
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Social Referencing at Ten Months: A Second-Order Effect on Infants' Responses to Strangers.
Feinman, Saul; Lewis, Michael
Child Development, v54 n4 p878-87 Aug 1983
A total of 87 infants 10 months of age received, either directly or indirectly, a positive nonverbal message, a neutral nonverbal message, or no message about a stranger. Infants, especially those with easy temperaments, were friendlier to the stranger when mothers had spoken positively, but only when the message was directly communicated. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Communication (Thought Transfer), Infant Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Parent Influence, Personality, Social Behavior, Stranger Reactions
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Social Processes; Social Referencing