Determining the Function of Social Referencing: The Role of Familiarity and Situational Threat

In ambiguous situations, infants have the tendency to gather information from a social interaction partner to regulate their behavior [social referencing (SR)]. There are two main competing theories concerning SR’s function. According to social-cognitive information-seeking accounts, infants look at...

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Main Authors: Samantha Ehli, Julia Wolf, Albert Newen, Silvia Schneider, Babett Voigt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.538228/full