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Fogel, Alan; Thelen, Esther – Developmental Psychology, 1987
Applies a systems approach to the development of expressive and communicative action of infants in the first year of life. Hypothesizes that the systems approach (which integrates expressive and communicative actions with other elements of the infant's physiology, cognition, behavior, and social environment) will explain previously unexplained…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Cognitive Development, Developmental Stages, Infants