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Just teasing! - Infants' and toddlers' understanding of teasing interactions and its effect on social bonding

  • The current study investigates infants' and toddlers' understanding of teasing interactions and its effect on subsequent social interactions. Teasing is a special kind of social interaction due to its dual nature: It consists of a slightly provocative contingent action accompanied by positive ostensive emotional cues. Teasing thus presents an especially interesting test case to inform us about young children's abilities to deal with complex social intentions. In a first experiment, we looked at 9-, 12-, and 18-month-old infants' ability to understand and differentiate a teasing intention from a trying intention and a refuse intention. We found that by 12 months of age, infants react differently (gaze, reach) and by 18 months they smile more in reaction to the Tease condition. In the second experiment, we tested 13-, 20- and 30-month-old children in closely matched purely playful and teasing situations. We also investigated potential social effects of teasing interactions on a subsequent affiliation sequence. Twenty- andThe current study investigates infants' and toddlers' understanding of teasing interactions and its effect on subsequent social interactions. Teasing is a special kind of social interaction due to its dual nature: It consists of a slightly provocative contingent action accompanied by positive ostensive emotional cues. Teasing thus presents an especially interesting test case to inform us about young children's abilities to deal with complex social intentions. In a first experiment, we looked at 9-, 12-, and 18-month-old infants' ability to understand and differentiate a teasing intention from a trying intention and a refuse intention. We found that by 12 months of age, infants react differently (gaze, reach) and by 18 months they smile more in reaction to the Tease condition. In the second experiment, we tested 13-, 20- and 30-month-old children in closely matched purely playful and teasing situations. We also investigated potential social effects of teasing interactions on a subsequent affiliation sequence. Twenty- and 30-month-old children smile more in the Teasing than in the Play condition. For the 30-month-old toddlers, additionally, number of laughs is much higher in the Tease than in the Play condition. No effect on affiliation could be found. Thus, from very early in development, infants and toddlers are able to differentiate teasing from superficially similar but serious behavior and from around 18 months of age they enjoy it more. Infants and toddlers are able to process a complex social intention like teasing. Findings are discussed regarding infant and toddler intention understanding abilities.zeige mehrzeige weniger

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Verfasserangaben:Livia Colle, Gerlind GroßeORCiD, Tanya Behne, Michael Tomasello
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2022.105314
ISSN:1873-7838
Titel des übergeordneten Werkes (Englisch):Cognition
Verlag:Elsevier
Verlagsort:Amsterdam
Dokumentart:Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
Sprache:Englisch
Datum der Veröffentlichung (online):06.12.2022
Jahr der Erstveröffentlichung:2023
Veröffentlichende Institution:Fachhochschule Potsdam
Datum der Freischaltung:11.01.2023
GND-Schlagwort:Säugling; Kind; Spott; Soziale Bindung
Ausgabe / Heft:231
Aufsatznummer:105314
Fachbereiche und Zentrale Einrichtungen:FB1 Sozial- und Bildungswissenschaften
DDC-Klassifikation:300 Sozialwissenschaften / 300 Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Lizenz (Deutsch):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International
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