Article
Responsiveness and Dependency Are Different Aspects of Social Contingencies: An Example from Mother and Infant Smiles
Infant Behavior and Development
(1994)
Abstract
Data from early mother-infant face-to-face interactions are used to demonstrate that a statistical association, widely accepted as the single indicator of sequential dependency between the behavior of two interactants, in fact reflects a combination of responsiveness and dependency comprising two independent aspects of the contingency environment. The derivation of these measures from behavior coded in real-time is illustrated in an analysis of the reciprocal relations between the smiling behavior of mothers and their 2- to 5-month-old infants.
Keywords
- Contingency,
- Mother-infant Interaction,
- Social Smiling,
- Sequential Analysis
Disciplines
Publication Date
April, 1994
Publisher Statement
Published in: Infant Behavior and Development,
Volume 17, Issue 2, April-June 1994, pages 209-214. doi: 10.1016/0163-6383(94)90057-4
Citation Information
Douglas Symons and Greg Moran. "Responsiveness and Dependency Are Different Aspects of Social Contingencies: An Example from Mother and Infant Smiles" Infant Behavior and Development Vol. 17 Iss. 2 (1994) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gregmoran/56/