Emergence
of the Understanding of the Otherfs Intention: Re-Enactment of
Intended Acts From gFailed-Attemptsh in 12- to 24-Month Olds
W. Sanefuji, K. Hashiya, S. Itakura, & H. Ohgami |
Two
studies were conducted to examine developmental emergence of the
infants' ability to respond to the other's intention that cannot
be observed from the surface of the act, adapting the behavioral
re-enactment procedure developed by Meltzoff (1995). In Study 1,
as a part of the questionnaire, we asked 156 caretakers to test their
infants with the modified and simplified version of a re-enactment
procedure. In Study 2, on the basis of the finding of Study 1, we
directly tested 33 infants younger than ones tested in Meltzoff (1995)
and confirmed that 15-17month olds could respond to the other's intention.
The agreement of results between these different procedures suggested
validity of the procedure used in Study 1. This procedure might work
as a serviceable tool for the preparative study, which opens the
possibility to use it as a part of test batteries for assessing infants'
development in broad age. Key words: intention, infancy, behavioral re-enactment |