Affiliation:
1. Department of Psychology University of Bern Bern Switzerland
2. Department of Psychology Koç University Istanbul Türkiye
3. Department of Educational and Pedagogical Sciences Utrecht University Utrecht The Netherlands
4. Department of Psychology Hamburg University Hamburg Germany
Abstract
AbstractThis study examines the emergence of concurrent correlates of infant pointing frequency with the aim of contributing to its ontogenetic theories. We measured monthly from 8 to 12 months infants' (N = 56) index‐finger pointing frequency along with several candidate correlates: (1) family socioeconomic status (SES), (2) mothers' pointing production, and (3) infants' point following to targets in front of and behind them. Results revealed that (1) infants increased their pointing frequency across age, but high‐SES infants had a steeper increase, and a higher pointing frequency than low‐SES infants from 10 months onward, (2) maternal pointing frequency was not associated with infant pointing frequency at any age, (3) infants' point following abilities to targets behind their visual fields was positively associated with their pointing frequency at 12 months, after pointing had already emerged around 10 months. Findings suggest that family SES impacts infants' pointing development more generally, not just through maternal pointing. The association between pointing and following points to targets behind, but not in front, suggests that a higher level of referential understanding emerges after, and perhaps through the production of pointing.
Funder
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey
Subject
Developmental and Educational Psychology,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
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