Young children's use of video as a source of socially relevant information

Resource type
Journal Article
Authors/contributors
Title
Young children's use of video as a source of socially relevant information
Abstract
Although prior research clearly shows that toddlers have difficulty learning from video, the basis for their difficulty is unknown. In the 2 current experiments, the effect of social feedback on 2-year-olds' use of information from video was assessed. Children who were told "face to face" where to find a hidden toy typically found it, but children who were given the same information by a person on video did not. Children who engaged in a 5-min contingent interaction with a person (including social cues and personal references) through closed-circuit video before the hiding task used information provided to find the toy. These findings have important implications for educational television and use of video stimuli in laboratory-based research with young children.
Publication
Child Development
Volume
77
Issue
3
Pages
786-799
Date
May-Jun 2006
Journal Abbr
Child Dev.
Language
English
ISSN
0009-3920
Library Catalogue
Web of Science
Extra
Place: Hoboken Publisher: Wiley WOS:000237394700018
Citation
Troseth, G. L., Saylor, M. M., & Archer, A. H. (2006). Young children’s use of video as a source of socially relevant information. Child Development, 77(3), 786–799. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2006.00903.x