title: The early sociability of toddlers: The origins of teaching.
abstract: Toddlers' person-directed behaviors were recorded longitudinally in a naturalistic preschool setting. An observer (O, the author) recorded children's behaviors with an IC recorder during play sessions. Seventeen children, as a group, were observed once a week in 3 blocks of 7 weeks (21 total hours). Person-directed behaviors toward the observer increased with each block. Toddlers' teaching behaviors were classified precisely. This teaching classification should be the first event of the origins of teaching.
authors: University of the Sacred Heart, 4-3-1, Hiroo, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8938, Japan. Electronic address: kawakami@u-sacred-heart.ac.jp.
authors: Kiyobumi
authors: K
authors: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002652:Child Behavior; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D019370:Observation; D010988:Play and Playthings; D012919:Social Behavior; D013663:Teaching
keywords: Person-directed behaviors; Teaching; Toddlers