Joint Action Observation Essay
The Study of Joint Action Objects with Infants
Paige Althaus
Terra State Community College
REFERENCE CITATION
Fawcett, C. and Liszkowski, U. 2012. Observation and Initiation of Joint Action in Infants. Child Development, 83 (2), pp. 434-441.
Feldman, R.S. (2011). Cognitive Growth: Piaget and Vygotsky. Life span development: a topical approach (pp. 153-155). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson.
TITLE
Observation and Initiation of Joint Action in Infants
INTRODUCTION
Observation is one way of showing how infants can interact and learn through play. There is very little evidence proving that infants can imitate through joint action observation. Many children observe while with certain objects and behaviors by others. Thus, the objective in this research is to examine “what infants learn when they observe interactions” and “whether infants, when observing others’ joint activity, encode the participants’ goals …show more content…
This action was also demonstrated with a second model and this is called joint action condition. The two models reacted to the object simultaneously up to six times in a row to get the attention of the infant. After the demonstration of the joint action condition the first model says “This is fun” and made eye contact with the second model and the infant while using the objects together (Fawcett, 2012). The other conditions used the same action but with different objects. In the individual action condition, one model would say comments and act on the object and only make eye contact with the infant and never with the other model involved. The solitary condition was “performed by herself using her left and right hands as in the individual action condition” (Fawcett, 2012). The actions were very fast and only lasted approximately 40 seconds; the test phase began with only one model (Fawcett,
Paige Althaus
Terra State Community College
REFERENCE CITATION
Fawcett, C. and Liszkowski, U. 2012. Observation and Initiation of Joint Action in Infants. Child Development, 83 (2), pp. 434-441.
Feldman, R.S. (2011). Cognitive Growth: Piaget and Vygotsky. Life span development: a topical approach (pp. 153-155). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall/Pearson.
TITLE
Observation and Initiation of Joint Action in Infants
INTRODUCTION
Observation is one way of showing how infants can interact and learn through play. There is very little evidence proving that infants can imitate through joint action observation. Many children observe while with certain objects and behaviors by others. Thus, the objective in this research is to examine “what infants learn when they observe interactions” and “whether infants, when observing others’ joint activity, encode the participants’ goals …show more content…
This action was also demonstrated with a second model and this is called joint action condition. The two models reacted to the object simultaneously up to six times in a row to get the attention of the infant. After the demonstration of the joint action condition the first model says “This is fun” and made eye contact with the second model and the infant while using the objects together (Fawcett, 2012). The other conditions used the same action but with different objects. In the individual action condition, one model would say comments and act on the object and only make eye contact with the infant and never with the other model involved. The solitary condition was “performed by herself using her left and right hands as in the individual action condition” (Fawcett, 2012). The actions were very fast and only lasted approximately 40 seconds; the test phase began with only one model (Fawcett,