CONTROL, WARNING SIGNALS, AND DISTRESS IN INFANCY
CONTROL, WARNING SIGNALS, AND DISTRESS IN INFANCY
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DOI:
10.1037/0012-1649.16.4.281
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发表时间:
1980-01-01
影响因子:
4
通讯作者:
GUNNAR, MR
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作者:
GUNNAR, MR
Two studies were conducted on the effects of the infant''s control over activating an arousing, potentially fear-provoking toy. The effects of control were compared to the effects of signaling the onset ofthe stimulus (predictability) at 12 mo. of age. Predictability and control did not have equivalent effects. Control reduced fear responses for boys and increased positive, approach responses for both sexes. Predictability and control did not increased positive, approach responses for either sex and for girls it actually increased rather than decreased fear responses. In a 2nd study, the effects of control were examined at 6, 9 and 12 mo., using a cross-sectional design. Control did not reduce distress reactions (fuss/cry) until 12 mo., although especially at 6 and 12 mo., control increased touching and being in close proximity to the test stimulus. The results of both studies are discussed in terms of the parameters of controllable stimulation affecting fear. Apparently increased predictability cannot account for the fear-reducing effects of control at 12 mo., and cognitive developmental changes underlie the age change in the effects of controlling the activations of an aversive stimulus during the 2nd half of the 1st yr.