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The present research examined cultural patterns of parental guidance for infants as they learned about a new physical rule with hands-on experience. Nine-month-olds participated in two sites: Taipei, Taiwan and Santa Cruz, California, United States (N = 96; 48 males, 48 females). They watched a single exemplar of covering events that demonstrated the to-be-learned rule, which was insufficient visual experience to learn the rule. As infants explored the objects while observing, their mothers provided culturally distinct guidance. The dyads in Taipei co-enacted directive guidance through parents' hand-holding infants, whereas the dyads in Santa Cruz focused on infants' free exploration. Despite different emphases of learning, both groups of infants benefited from hands-on experience and learned the rule with the single exemplar. The finding points to diverse pathways to support the early development of physical concepts for infants from different cultural backgrounds. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).
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Developmental Psychology ® publishes articles that significantly advance knowledge and theory about development across the life span. The journal focuses on seminal empirical contributions. The journal occasionally publishes exceptionally strong scholarly reviews and theoretical or methodological articles. Studies of any aspect of psychological development are appropriate, as are studies of the biological, social, and cultural factors that affect development. The journal welcomes not only laboratory-based experimental studies but studies employing other rigorous methodologies, such as ethnographies, field research, and secondary analyses of large data sets. We especially seek submissions in new areas of inquiry and submissions that will address contradictory findings or controversies in the field as well as the generalizability of extant findings in new populations. Although most articles in this journal address human development, studies of other species are appropriate if they have important implications for human development. Submissions can consist of single manuscripts, proposed sections, or short reports.
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