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Sharing a task in infancy
Author(s) -
Hubley Penelope,
Trevarthen Colwyn
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
new directions for child and adolescent development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.628
H-Index - 59
eISSN - 1534-8687
pISSN - 1520-3247
DOI - 10.1002/cd.23219790406
Subject(s) - task (project management) , psychology , pupil , developmental psychology , child development , preschool education , cognitive psychology , social psychology , management , neuroscience , economics
Abstract Babies show striking developments in their willingness to engage in a task with their mothers toward the end of the first year, well before speech begins, and this change turns the baby into an active pupil.