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ERIC Number: EJ558612
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-2269
Communication of Smiling and Laughter in Mother-Infant Play: Research on Emotion from a Dynamic Systems Perspective.
Fogel, Alan; And Others
New Directions for Child Development, n77 p5-24 Fall 1997
Cites research on smiling and laughter to illustrate a dynamic systems approach to emotion communication. Maintains that emotion is relational and not individual; the nonreflexive aspects of emotion involve the connection between a person and a context taken as a whole. Presents findings regarding social processes involved in smiling and laughter exchanges between mothers and infants in different contexts. (Author)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Behavior Modification, Context Effect, Emotional Development, Emotional Experience, Emotional Response, Infant Behavior, Infants, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Influence, Social Development, Systems Approach, Theories
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Emotional Expression; Emotional Regulation; Emotions; Laughter; Smiling; System Dynamics
Note: Theme issue: "The Communication of Emotion: Current Research from Diverse Perspectives."