Social Referencing and the Social Construction of Reality in Infancy

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
In the Broad Valley....Pages 3-13
A Critical Review of Social Referencing in Infancy....Pages 15-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Social Referencing, Intentional Communication, and the Interfacing of Minds in Infancy....Pages 57-77
Social Referencing Research....Pages 79-94
A Phenomenological Analysis of Social Referencing....Pages 95-114
The Links between Imitation and Social Referencing....Pages 115-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Social Referencing as a Learned Process....Pages 151-173
Social Cognitive Theory of Social Referencing....Pages 175-208
Control, Social Referencing, and the Infant’s Appraisal of Threat....Pages 209-228
Social Referencing and Conformity....Pages 229-267
Social Referencing and Theories of Status and Social Interaction....Pages 269-294
Front Matter....Pages 295-295
Indirect and Direct Effects and Family Interaction....Pages 297-321
Infants’ Instrumental Social Interaction with Adults....Pages 323-348
A Consideration of Social Referencing in the Context of Attachment Theory and Research....Pages 349-367
Front Matter....Pages 369-369
What Do We Know and Where Shall We Go?....Pages 371-405
Back Matter....Pages 407-424