Free Play as a Promoter of the Intentional Communicative Ability of Infants

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Published: Mar 30, 2020
Issue: Vol. 38 No. 1 (2020): Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana
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Keywords: Mother-baby interaction; communicative intentionality; play

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Ana Cristina Ramos Costa
Universidade Federal da Paraíba.
Fabíola De Sousa Braz-Aquino
Universidade Federal da Paraíba.

Abstract

This research investigated the ability of intentional child communication in the context of free play in mother-infant interaction in the first two years of life. The main objective was to analyze the play patterns and the use of intentional communicative gestures of babies during situations of free play. Six mother-infant dyads with ages of nine, twelve, and fifteen months participated in this study. The analysis of the episodes rose in three general axes of analysis: types of interactions, types of games played between the dyads in each period and intentional communicative acts of the babies during the use of the toys or objects in the interactions. The results point to variations in the intentional communication skills of infants, types of use of toys and play patterns in the three interactive periods studied, as well as the importance of the mediating role of adults in the development of socio-cognitive and linguistic abilities. The research produces knowledge that can subsidize intervention programs of professionals that work in educational and health contexts with a focus on the promotion of socio-cognitive and linguistic development in the initial years.
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Costa, A. C. R., & Braz-Aquino, F. D. S. (2020). Free Play as a Promoter of the Intentional Communicative Ability of Infants. Avances En Psicología Latinoamericana, 38(1), 18–32. https://doi.org/10.12804/revistas.urosario.edu.co/apl/a.7054
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