Open AccessAPPLICATION OF MARKOV PROCESSES TO THE CONCEPT OF STATE 1
Author(s) -
Freedle Roy,
Lewis Michael
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
ets research bulletin series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2333-8504
pISSN - 0424-6144
DOI - 10.1002/j.2333-8504.1971.tb00608.x
Subject(s) - associative property , markov process , markov chain , event (particle physics) , psychology , cognitive psychology , computer science , infant development , developmental psychology , cognitive science , communication , mathematics , machine learning , statistics , pure mathematics , physics , quantum mechanics
The purpose of this paper is to outline some applications of a mathematical concept known as a Markov Process to the study of such developmental concepts as state and state changes. Vocalization states were defined which reflected the joint occurrence of an infant's behavior (or condition) along with some associative event(s) in the infant's immediate environment. (The infants were three months old.) These concepts were then applied to data sequences collected in a naturalistic setting (the infant's home) for the purpose of studying the types of mother‐infant interactions that occur in vocalization behavior.