Tri-Annual Report, Infant Competence Project, July 31, 1974

This paper reports on a longitudinal study involving 48 mother-infant dyads that attempts to explore the role of the caregiver-infant interactional environment in determining cognitive functioning as related to an understanding of environmental contingencies. The present report includes (1) a progre...

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Main Author Vietze, Peter M
Format Report
LanguageEnglish
Published 31.07.1974
Subjects
Cognitive Development
Computer Programs
Data Analysis
Data Collection
Infant Behavior
Infants
Interaction Process Analysis
Longitudinal Studies
Mothers
Observation
Parent Child Relationship
Social Development
Speech Communication
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Summary:This paper reports on a longitudinal study involving 48 mother-infant dyads that attempts to explore the role of the caregiver-infant interactional environment in determining cognitive functioning as related to an understanding of environmental contingencies. The present report includes (1) a progress report to date of the longitudinal data collection of the Origins of Infant Competence; (2) a description of the inter-observer reliabilities from the pilot study and the first phase of the longitudinal study; (3) description of the data-reduction scheme and computer programs devised to organize the observational data; (4) preliminary results of the pilot observational study that examined the (a) effects of infant state, caretaking setting, and maternal proximity on vocal behavior of infants and mothers; (b) patterns of maternal behavior in intervals antecedent and consequent to infant vocalization onsets; and (c) the temporal structure which characterized alternation of vocal activity between infants and mothers; and (5) a description of the sample for the longitudinal study. Appendices contain the observational code used, a computer program written for the data (56 pages), and materials used in contacting parents. (Author/SB)