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ERIC Number: EJ355904
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Commands Activate the Behavior and Pleasure of 2-Year-Old Children.
Rheingold, Harriet L.; And Others
Developmental Psychology, v23 n1 p146-51 Jan 1987
Investigated in three studies were responses of 18- and 24-month-old children to a series of commands. Results suggest that a potent incentive for obeying commands lies in the pleasure very young children take in fitting their actions to the words of others. This pleasure sustains subsequent reenactment of the actions without commands. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Emotional Experience, Infant Behavior, Infants, Performance Factors, Speech Acts
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Audience: Researchers
Language: English
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Identifiers: Commands; Enthusiasm