Acquisition of Social Referencing via Discrimination Training in Infants

Autor/inn/en	Pelaez, Martha; Virues-Ortega, Javier; Gewirtz, Jacob L.
Titel	Acquisition of Social Referencing via Discrimination Training in Infants
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 45 (2012) 1, S.23-36 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-8855
Schlagwörter	Stimulation; Nonverbal Communication; Infants; Mothers; Positive Reinforcement; Training; Visual Discrimination; Social Development; Anxiety; Visual Stimuli; Human Body; Infant Behavior; Eye Movements; Auditory Stimuli + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Mother; Mutter; Ausbildung; Soziale Entwicklung; Angst; Menschlicher Körper; Augenbewegung; Auditive Stimulation
Abstract	This experiment investigated social referencing as a form of discriminative learning in which maternal facial expressions signaled the consequences of the infant's behavior in an ambiguous context. Eleven 4- and 5-month-old infants and their mothers participated in a discrimination-training procedure using an ABAB design. Different consequences followed infants' reaching toward an unfamiliar object depending on the particular maternal facial expression. During the training phases, a joyful facial expression signaled positive reinforcement for the infant reaching for an ambiguous object, whereas a fearful expression signaled aversive stimulation for the same response. Baseline and extinction conditions were implemented as controls. Mothers' expressions acquired control over infants' approach behavior for all participants. All participants ceased to show discriminated responding during the extinction phase. The results suggest that 4- and 5-month-old infants can learn social referencing via discrimination training. (Contains 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10