Triadic & dyadic communication

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Distinguish between triadic and dyadic forms of communication during infancy and evaluate to what extent they show intentional communication on the part of the infant.
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Triadic & dyadic communication
  1. Reproduce Actions
    1. Meltzoff and Moore (1977 & 1994): neonates can reproduce simple actions such as tongue or lip protrusions and mouth openings after they have been enacted by an adult.
      1. Field et al (1982): match basic emotional expressions with those seen in an adult’s face.
        1. imitation an indicator of cognitive skills (shows can match model with own proprioceptive senstations - feel own body movements) and experience correspondence between parts of their own bodies and someone else’s body (Franco, 1997).
          1. an indicator of interpersonal skills = shows the baby’s preparedness for ‘mutuality’ (Meltzoff, 2007).
            1. Bruner (1983) and Tomasello (1999): capacity to share attention with others at 8–10 months is the greatest milestone en route to language development
            2. infants are able to see, hear and coordinate individuals with certain sounds from a young age = prerequisites for communication are present in infants.
              1. Intersubjectivity
                1. Trevarthen suggested infants have an interactive synchrony which is an innate intersubjectivity -
                  1. Primary intersubjectivity: born with ability to use the behaviours of the partner in ‘conversational’ encounter, Each partner can mirror the motivations and purposes of their companion, Infants and their partners are thus in immediate “sympathetic contact” (Trevarthen, 1998, p. 8). this is a “Psychology of mutually sensitive minds” with the infant demonstrating a crucial awareness of the partner’s feelings and purposes before words and language develop. Overall, suggesting that babies response to adults is their version of communication. Primary intersubjectivity is therefore dyadic, as it occurring simply with regards to the interaction.
                    1. Secondary intersubjectivity: coordinating and sharing with another person’s attention, feelings and intentions toward an object, event, or action. implies awareness of shared affect or agency with the other in reference to a third component (Trevarthen, 1993; 1998; Trevarthen & Hubley, 1978). involves objects therefore triadic.
                      1. Summarised, primary intersubjectivity is you speak to me whereas secondary intersubjectivity is you speak to me about something else.
                    2. Being Understood
                      1. Grosse, Behne, Carpenter & Tomasello (2010): investigated 18, 24- & 30-months olds and either gave them what they wanted when they asked or didn’t. = children at all ages repaired their requests in the case of a misunderstanding even if they had obtained the requested object – they react to the adult if they believe the adult has misunderstood them (i.e. “no ball”), want to clarify the adults knows what they meant to say regardless of whether they got what they want. children in the correct understanding condition did not repair their communication, even if they did not get the requested object. = shows that, like adults, children want to be understood regardless of whether they get the object they wished for. highlighting ability to understand communications.
                      2. Turn Taking
                        1. Condon & Sander (1974): frame-by-frame analysis of babies’ movements when an adult was speaking to them = babies move in time with the rhythm of the conversation, engaging in a subtle form of turn-taking.
                          1. Kaye (1977): characteristic ‘species-specific’ feeding pattern for human ‘Sucking - stop- rocking - sucking’ Pauses don’t fulfil any alimentary function -> turn-taking.
                          2. Joint Attention
                            1. 2 people share interest in an object or event and understanding between them that they are both interested in the same object or event. There are three levels: triadic, dyadic, and shared gaze.
                              1. Triadic joint attention: highest level of joint attention & involves 2 individuals looking at an object (Oates & Grayson, 2004). Each must understand that the other is looking at the same object & realize that there is an element of shared attention (Reddy, 2005). individual must display awareness that focus is shared between themselves and another individual (Hobson, 2005). Triadic attention is marked by the individual looking back to the other individual after looking at the object.
                                1. Dyadic joint attention is a conversation-like behavior that individuals engage in. start engaging in this behavior at 2months (Oates, 2004). Adults and infants take turns exchanging facial expressions, noises, and in the case of the adult, speech.
                                  1. Shared gaze occurs when 2 individuals are simply looking at an object (Okamoto-Barth & Tomonaga, 2006). lowest level of joint attention. use of gesture or gaze to share attention about something, involves an infant’s gaze alternating between the object and the communication partner. This is an important context for learning/language acquisition. Individuals who engage in triadic joint attention must understand both gaze and intention to establish common reference. Gaze refers to a child's understanding of the link between mental activity and the physical act of seeing.
                                    1. Pointing acts in a similar way, to shared gaze. It can serve two basic functions: Proto-imperative (i.e.“I want that”) and Proto-declarative (i.e. “I want to draw your attention towards that”). Proto-imperative pointing is not necessarily a communicative partner, but a means to achieve an end. proto-declarative pointing is a communicative partner.
                                2. Still Face
                                  1. One of the most robust phenomenon demonstrating protoconversational ability in infants is the negative effects caused by the sudden still face adopted by a social partner in a face-to-face interaction with the infant at around 5– 6 months of age (Tronick et al,1978). engage for several minutes in a normal face-to-face dyadic interplay, which is then halted (adult suddenly adopts & holds a neutral still face for 1–2 min). Infants = sig increase in negative affects expressed via reduced eye contacts, reduced smiling, together with increased drooling and self-comforting that are typically associated with social stress (Mayes & Carter, 1990; Muir & Hains, 1993; Toda & Fogel, 1993; Tronick et al., 1978). reaction is interpreted as the expression of social expectations by the infant, and the sense of a disruption of positive coregulation (Hains and Muir, 1996; Tronick, 1989).
                                  2. Communication: 2-way process between adult and child. Adults communicate with infants through Face-to-face position, Imitation of baby, and Baby directed speech/ motherese (Fernald, 1985). Infants respond to this communication through Eye Contact, Facial Emotional Expression, Early imitation, and Vocal responses.
                                    1. Dyadic Communication is a form of interpersonal communication involving 2 people communication where 2 persons seek to exchange information = occurs simply with regard to the interaction itself.
                                      1. triadic communication involves an object being discussed
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