Young Children Create Iconic Gestures to Inform Others

Autor/inn/en	Behne, Tanya; Carpenter, Malinda; Tomasello, Michael
Titel	Young Children Create Iconic Gestures to Inform Others
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 50 (2014) 8, S.2049-2060 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0037224
Schlagwörter	Young Children; Nonverbal Communication; Novices; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Cognitive Development; Speech; Foreign Countries; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Frühe Kindheit; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Kognitive Entwicklung; Speaking; Sprechen; Ausland; Deutschland
Abstract	Much is known about young children's use of deictic gestures such as pointing. Much less is known about their use of other types of communicative gestures, especially iconic or symbolic gestures. In particular, it is unknown whether children can create iconic gestures on the spot to inform others. Study 1 provided 27-month-olds with the opportunity to inform a novice how to perform a task. The majority of children created appropriate iconic gestures, and they did so significantly more than in a control condition in which the need to inform someone was removed. In Study 2, some of the 21-month-olds tested also created novel iconic gestures but to a lesser extent. Results are discussed in relation to children's symbolic, linguistic, and social-cognitive development. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01