Influence of a televised model's vocalization pattern on infants |
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Authors: | Albert R Hollenbeck Ronald G Slaby |
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Institution: | George Mason University Fairfax, VA, USA;Harvard University Cambridge, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | To assess the influence of a televised model's vocalizations on the vocal patterns of infant viewers, 32 infants at 6 months of age were presented either a televised adult model repeating a novel phoneme pattern (/ba/ba/ba/ba) or a control televised presentation of adult conversation selected from typical daytime programming. Sequential analyses of infant vocalizations revealed that infants exposed to the televised model altered their vocalization pattern, as indicated by a significant increase over base line levels in their production of a patterned series of discrete vocalizations. Infants exposed to the televised conversation showned no increase in this pattern of vocalization, and none of the infants in the study produced the novel phoneme (/ba/). The results indicate that televised presentation of discrete, repeated vocalizations can have an influence on the vocalization pattern of infants. The potential role of television in infant development is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Reprints may be requested from either Dr Albert Hollenbeck George Mason University Department of Psychology 4400 University Drive Fairfax VA 22030 or Dr Ronald G Slaby Harvard University Department of Human Development Larsen Hall Appian Way Cambridge MA 02138 |
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