Mother-child management of interactions at choice points.
This ethological study investigates the interactional processes involved in the management of choice behaviors between mothers and their children in a natural situation. The research problem concerns the behavioral mechanism of "offering choices," and its role in establishing children in control of the management of interactions at choice points.
D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002755:Choice Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations