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Haslett, Beth – Quarterly Journal of Speech, 1983
Illustrates how children handle conflict and adjust to one another when their goals are incompatible. Found clear developmental trends: with increasing age, children used more compliance-gaining strategies; their compliance-gaining strategies became more adaptive; and their conflict episodes became more complex. (PD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution
Parker, Ellen – 1980
The development of the Conversational Unit (CU) was investigated in a semilongitudinal study of three mother/son dyads in nonstructured spontaneous communication. The children were 19 to 23 months old at the start of the investigation. Sound films were recorded monthly during bathing and feeding times. After four months, verbal and nonverbal…
Descriptors: Child Development, Communicative Competence (Languages), Connected Discourse, Infants