Social Referencing and the Social Construction of Reality in Infancy

by S. Feinman (Editor)

Overview

Integrating the perspectives of a number of disciplines, this work examines social referencing in infants within the broader contexts of cognition, social relations, and human society as a whole.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781489924643
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	06/12/2013
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Pages:	424
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.04(d)

Table of Contents

Orientations and Beginnings: In the Broad Valley (S. Feinman). A Critical Review of Social Referencing in Infancy (S. Feinman et al.). Meaning and Understanding: Social Referencing, Intentional Communication and the Interfacing of Minds in Infancy (I. Bretherton). Social Referencing Research (R.N. Emde). A Phenomenonological Analysis of Social Referencing (N.K. Denzin). The Links Between Imitation and Social Referencing (I.C. Uzgiris, J.C. Kruper). Cognition and Information Processing: Infant Social Referencing as a Learned Process (J.L. Gewirtz, M. PeláezNogueras). Social Cognitive Theory of Social Referencing (A. Bandura). Relationships and Interaction: Indirect and Direct Effects and Family Interaction (M.L. Lewis, C. Feiring). Infants' Social Interaction with Adults (B. Rogoff et al.). Connections and Directions: What Do We Know and Where Shall We Go? (S. Feinman). 4 additional articles. Index.

Editorial Reviews

Editor Feinman writes in his preface: " . . . my intention in editing this volume was to reduce the odds that the study of social referencing in infancy would go the way of many other specialized domains of research, becoming ever more arcane and insular, if nonetheless technically proficient and correct." Fifteen contributions discuss research findings, broad implications, and directions. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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