Keywords

Distraction (Psychology), Mother and infant, Toys

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship among the number of toys in an infant’s play environment, infant’s distractibility, and how often a mother teaches her infant during a play session. This study takes samples from videotapes of 12-month old children playing with their mothers during a 5 minute free-play situation. Twenty-two mother and infant pairs were selected for this study based on their previous participation in a language study. The measures used in this study were: (1) the number of maternal teaching utterances to her infant; (2) the total number of utterances that mother used during the play session with the child; (3) the number of toys that were visible in the room; (4) the factors that distracted the infant during the play session; and (5) the type of toy the infant choses to engage with.

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Graduation Date

2011

Semester

Summer

Degree

Master of Science (M.S.)

College

College of Education

Department

Child, Family, and Community Sciences

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0004032

URL

http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0004032

Language

English

Length of Campus-only Access

None

Access Status

Masters Thesis (Open Access)

Subjects

Dissertations, Academic -- Education, Education -- Dissertations, Academic

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