Child Development · 1981 · 28 citations · 3 references
EducationHuman DevelopmentPsychologyChild DevelopmentDevelopmental PsychologyNonverbal CommunicationCommunication DevelopmentPeer InteractionPeer RelationsSocial CommunicationToddler DevelopmentVerbal BehaviorCommunication With Nonverbal ChildrenCommunicative RepertoiresEarly Childhood Peer InteractionPeer Group CommunicationPeer-to-peer InteractionPilot Study DesignVerbal Communication SkillsVerbal Communication Styles
BROWNLEE, JOHN R., and BAKEMAN, ROGER. Hitting in Toddler-Peer Interaction. CHMD DEVELOPMENT, 1981, 52, 1076-1079. This study examines the notion that hitting can be used in a communicative way among toddler peers. A pilot study had found that different kinds of hitting systematically resulted in different social outcomes among 2-year-olds. The present study replicated this result for another group of 2-year-olds but found that outcomes were not as systematic for either 1or 3-year-olds. It is speculated that how gestures are used in nonverbal communication may change as verbal communication comes to dominate peer interaction.
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Social communication among primates
Rowe Andrew · Animal Behaviour · 1968 · 1.4K citations