Infant’s gaze in a teasing task with an experimenter or parent
A naturalistic approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21391946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Dolors Girbau (0000-0002-3999-1396, University Jaume I Castelló Spain, corresponding author), Tricia Skoler (City University of New York Hunter College New York City NY USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 535-542 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0036-5564 • E-ISSN: 1467-9450 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/sjop.12630 |
| PMID | 32302015 |
| OpenAlex | W3016926459 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 34 |
We assessed infant’s gaze in a teasing task in New York City public spaces. The task was administered to two different groups of 5‐ to 13‐month‐old infants. We used a between participants design across two studies. In Study 1 an experimenter administered the task to these infants ( n = 79), whereas a parent did so in Study 2 ( n = 79). The adult engaged the infant with a toy and then pulled it away to one side by counting to 7. A second trial to the other side was repeated. Infants passed the teasing task if they looked to the adult’s face within the first 5 seconds after removing the toy in at least one trial. In Study 1, we found that infants looked to the experimenter’s face after teasing by 7 months of age. In Study 2, infants did not show any significant gazes to the parent’s face after teasing at any age. Most trained parents successfully administered the teasing task to their infant. A teasing game played by an adult stranger (e.g., experimenter) may be optimal to elicit infant’s gaze in a naturalistic setting. Implications for developing cost‐effective social‐cognitive milestone measures in non‐laboratory settings are discussed
Cognition · Developmental psychology · Ecological validity · Gaze · Naturalistic observation · Task (project management) · Child and Animal Learning Development · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |