The Effects of Environmentally Modulated Visual Accessibility to Caregivers on Early Peer Interactions
| Autor: | Alain Legendre |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Peer interaction
Social Psychology 05 social sciences 050109 social psychology Day care Education Developmental psychology Developmental Neuroscience Developmental and Educational Psychology 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Life-span and Life-course Studies Psychology Competence (human resources) Social Sciences (miscellaneous) 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Behavioral Development. 18:297-313 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0651 0165-0254 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/016502549501800207 |
| Popis: | This study focuses on the influence of the degree of visual connections in playrooms on peer interaction between children 21 to 36 months old. In two day care centres, the arrangement of the furniture inside the playrooms were manipulated in order to compare the influence of two contrasting spatial arrangements: a visually open arrangement providing children with a high degree of visual connection within the playroom; and an arrangement with major visual boundaries partitioning the playroom. The findings show that the latter type of spatial arrangement had a negative impact on peer interactions. Conversely, when the spatial arrangement was visually open, children spent more time interacting with peers, and these peer interactions were more affiliative and less conflictual. Furthermore, the positive interactions occurred in longer episodes. These results are discussed as a function of the adaptive flexibility of 2-year-old children's competence in interacting with peers, when they have to cope with an environmental constraint that restricts the visual accessibility to adult caregivers. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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