Journal article
Let's Cross the Next One: Parental Scaffolding of Prospective Control Over Movement
Child development, Vol.92(2), pp.e173-e185
03/2021
DOI: 10.1111/cdev.13457
PMID: 32844396
Abstract
This investigation examined parental scaffolding of children's prospective control over decisions and actions during a joint perception-action task. Parents and their 6-, 8-, 10-, and 12-year-old children (N = 128) repeatedly crossed a virtual roadway together. Guidance and control shifted from the parent to the child with increases in child age. Parents more often chose the gap that was crossed and prospectively communicated the gap choice with younger than older children. Greater use of an anticipatory gap selection strategy by parents predicted more precise timing of entry into the gap by children. This work suggests that social interaction may serve as an important experiential mechanism for the development of prospective control over decisions and actions in the perception-action domain.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Let's Cross the Next One: Parental Scaffolding of Prospective Control Over Movement
- Creators
- Elizabeth E O'Neal - The University of IowaShiwen Zhou - The University of IowaYuanyuan Jiang - The University of IowaJoseph K Kearney - The University of IowaJodie M Plumert - The University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child development, Vol.92(2), pp.e173-e185
- DOI
- 10.1111/cdev.13457
- PMID
- 32844396
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Dev
- ISSN
- 0009-3920
- eISSN
- 1467-8624
- Grant note
- BCS-1251694 / National Science Foundation DTRT13-G-UTC53 / U.S. Department of Transportation
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2021
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences; Nursing; Injury Prevention Research Center; Computer Science
- Record Identifier
- 9984214743302771
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