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ERIC Number: EJ066152
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1972
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The Development of Laughter in the First Year of Life
Sroufe, L. Alan; Wunsch, Jane Piccard
Child Development, 43, 4, 1326-44, Dec 72
Results are discussed in terms of cognitive growth, the psychoanalytic notion of ambivalence, the role of stimulus context in eliciting laughter or fear, and a possible adaptive, stimulus-maintaining function of laughter. (Authors)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Development, Cognitive Development, Infants, Responses, Tables (Data), Tactual Perception, Visual Perception
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Identifiers: Laughter