Infant vocalizations are conditioned both by maternal imitation and motherese speech
Infant vocalizations are conditioned both by maternal imitation and motherese speech
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婴儿发声受母亲模仿和母亲语言的影响
DOI:
10.1016/s0163-6383(96)90724-9
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发表时间:
1996
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
M. Markham
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作者:
M. Peláez;J. L. Gewirtz;M. Markham
Two experiments were conducted to investigate whether infant vocalizations can be conditioned by using contingent maternal-imitation and contingent motheresespeech to reinforce the infant’s vocalizations. The effects of these two treatments were compared to each other, to baseline, and to a noncontingent/yoked treatment. In the first experiment, seventeen 3-to-6 month old infants participated in a repeated-measures single treatment design (Br A Bz): three 2-min conditions were implemented sequentially in one session: contingent maternal-imitation (Br), noncontingent/yoked(A), and contingent maternal-imitation (Bz). In the second experiment, twenty 3-to-5-month old infants participated in a repeated-measures multiple treatment design (ArBiAzBz). In the first session, four 2-n-tin conditions were implemented sequentially: baseline (Al), continpent maternal-imitation (Br), noncontinpent-voked(AZ), and contingent maternal-imitation (BJ. In the second session, contingent motherese-speech was used instead of contingent maternal imitation. The order of sessions was counterbalanced with half of the infants experiencing the imitation treatment in the first session.The results of the first experiment confirmed the hypothesis that maternal imitation effectively reinforces infant vocalizations. The second experiment revealed that maternal-imitation produced the highest rates of infant vocal responses, contingent motherese-speech produced intermediate rates, and noncontingent-yoked treatment produced the lowest (ie, baseline rates).