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Spontaneous Initiation of Communication in Infants at Low and Heightened Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Winder, Breanna M.; Wozniak, Robert H.; Parladé, Meaghan V.; Iverson, Jana M. – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Communication spontaneously initiated by infants at heightened risk (HR; n = 15) for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is compared with that in low-risk (LR; n = 15) infants at 13 and 18 months of age. Infants were observed longitudinally during naturalistic in-home interaction and semistructured play with caregivers. At both ages, HR infants…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Infants, At Risk Persons, Autism
Children's Explanation of Communication Failure and Inadequacy of the Misunderstood Message
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Robinson, E. J.; Robinson, W. P. – Developmental Psychology, 1977
Three experiments examined elementary school children's ascriptions of blame for communication failure in a game in which either the child or the experimenter described one of a set of drawings so that the other could pick the matching one from an identical set. (Author/JMB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Problems
Children's Failure to Communicate: An Assessment of Comparison and Egocentrism Explanations
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Asher, Steven R.; Oden, Sherri L. – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Examined how third and fifth grade students who are poor communicators differ from those who are good communicators. Poor communicators were less effective on a self communication task than good communicators, and they did not engage in comparison activity even for their own private understanding. (GO)
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Egocentrism, Elementary School Students
Development of Referential Communication Skills: How Familiarity with a Listener Affects a Speaker's Production of Redundant Messages.
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Sonnenschein, Susan – Developmental Psychology, 1986
Investigates whether first- and fourth-grade children vary their production of redundant messages (saying more than the minimal necessary to be informative) as a function of sharing common experience with a listener. (HOD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Communication Problems, Communication Research, Communication Skills