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Gestures: Gestures are body movements that communicate messages, either in place of, or in conjunction with, speech. See also Communication, Communication theory, Communicative action, Action theory, Understanding._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Developmental Psychology on Gestures - Dictionary of Arguments
Slater I 78 Gestures/Imitation/developmental psychology/Slater: there is considerable variability in the gestures the scorers identified [in Meltzoff’s experiments] (>Imitation/Meltzoff) and it has been demonstrated by others that “There are large individual variations in the extent to which (neonatal) imitative behavior is distinguishable from spontaneous behavior” (Ullstadius, 2000(1) p. 239). Campos et al (2008(2), p. 1625) ditto. >Imitation/Developmental psychology, >Imitation/Animal studies, >Mirror neurons/psychological theories. 1. Ullstadius, E. (2000). Variability in judgment of neonatal imitation. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology, 18, 239-247 2. Campos, J. J., Witherington, D., Anderson, D. I., Frankel, C.I., Uchiyama, I. & Barbu-Roth, M. (2008). Rediscovering development in infancy. Child Development, 79, 1625-1632 Alan M. Slater, “Imitation in Infancy. Revisiting Meltzoff and Moore’s (1977) Study”, in: Alan M. Slater and Paul C. Quinn (eds.) 2012. Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies. London: Sage Publications_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Developmental Psychology Slater I Alan M. Slater Paul C. Quinn Developmental Psychology. Revisiting the Classic Studies London 2012 |