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Learning about self and other during requests
Author(s) -
Smiley Patricia A.,
Greene Joelle K.
Publication year - 1995
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.23219956903
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology , mathematics education
Requests engage children and their caregivers in conversations in which personal goals are at stake. By making requests and attending to their caregivers' replies, toddlers learn to conceptualize self and other as intentional agents in a social network.