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Peer reviewedElias, Gordon; And Others – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1984
Examines difficulties associated with the use of conversational features in the analysis of mother-infant vocalization episodes. Observations of six mother-infant dyads revealed difficulties involving (1) pooling of data; (2) the unit of analysis; and (3) selection of appropriate "expected" values for dyadic parameters used in tests of…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Foreign Countries, Infants, Interaction Process Analysis
Peer reviewedGottman, John M.; Ringland, James T. – Child Development, 1981
Suggests that dominance can be defined as asymmetry in predictability in social variables of importance, and bidirectionality as symmetrical predictability. Procedures which address the concepts of cyclicity within a person and synchronicity between people and which assess asymmetry and symmetry in social interaction are discussed. (Author/RH)
Descriptors: Infants, Interaction Process Analysis, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship
Peer reviewedZimiles, Herbert – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1993
Examines the manner in which the data-driven character of child development research limits the validity and penetration of the search for new knowledge and understanding, and imposes a skewed image of what is known about children and childhood by excluding the less objective observations and insights of the clinicians and practitioners.…
Descriptors: Child Development, Criticism, Data, Day Care
