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Gusella, Joanne L.; And Others – Child Development, 1988
Examined the "still-face" paradigm in which mothers stared at their three- or six-month-old infants with a still face for brief periods interposed between two periods of normal face-to-face interaction. Six-month-old infants decreased smiling and gazing at their mothers and grimaced more during the still-face period than in other…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Facial Expressions, Infants, Interpersonal Communication

Sackin, Steve; Thelen, Esther – Child Development, 1984
A total of 20 five-year-old children were observed in two different preschools to examine conciliatory and subordinate behaviors following conflicts and to determine these behaviors' relationship to subsequent interaction (i.e., separation or peaceful association). Discusses the importance of conciliatory gestures in resolving social tension. (CB)
Descriptors: Body Language, Conflict Resolution, Group Dynamics, Interpersonal Communication