The effects of growing environment on aqcuisition of the pointing gestures by infants

• Project/Area Number: 21830108
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Educational psychology
• Research Institution: University of the Sacred Heart
• Principal Investigator: KISHIMOTO Takeshi University of the Sacred Heart, 文学部, 講師 (20550958)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2010
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2010)
• Budget Amount: ¥1,872,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,440,000、Indirect Cost: ¥432,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,092,000 (Direct Cost: ¥840,000、Indirect Cost: ¥252,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
• Keywords: 乳幼児 / 指さし / 養育環境 / きょうだい関係 / 言語的応答 / 指示的問題空間 / 養育者 / 幼児 / きょうだい / 自立 / 母子間コミュニケーション / 言語獲得 / 言語環境 / 1歳齢児

Research Abstract

In this study we investigated whether the infants' growing environments affect their acquisition of pointing gestures by questionnaires directed at the infants' parents and by observation of the interaction between mothers and infants. The results indicated that the infants whose parent put the things infants wanted on the place where the infants could not reach produced pointing more frequently, and the infants who have older siblings produce pointing gestures less frequently. These results suggest that the infants' acquisition of pointing gestures is affected by their growing environment.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Origins of a theory of mind (2011)
  • Author(s): Kiyobumi Kawakami, Fumito Kawakami, Masaki Tomonaga, Takeshi Kishimoto, Tetsuhiro Minami, Kiyoko Takai-Kawakami
  • Journal Title: Infant Behavior and Development vol.34,Issue 2 Pages: 264-269
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] 日常場面で観察された1歳齢幼児の映像的身振りと不在事象への指さしに関する事例研究 (2011)
  • Author(s): 岸本健
  • Journal Title: 子育て研究
  • NAID: 130007919902
• [Journal Article] Origins of a theory of mind (2011)
  • Author(s): Kiyobumi Kawakami, Fumito Kawakami, Masaki Tomonaga, Takeshi Kishimoto, Tetsuhiro Minami, Kiyoko Takai-Kawakami
  • Journal Title: Infant Behavior and Development Volume: (印刷中)
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 年上のきょうだいの存在が幼児の指さしの頻度に与える影響 (2011)
  • Author(s): 岸本健
  • Organizer: 日本発達心理学会第22回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京学芸大学(東京都)
  • Year and Date: 2011-03-26
• [Presentation] なぜ幼児は指さしをするのか?-幼児の指さしと後の言語コミュニケーションとの関連性から- (2010)
  • Author(s): 岸本健
  • Organizer: 社団法人日本心理学会 発達心理学基礎研究検討会(土曜研)
  • Place of Presentation: お茶の水女子大学(東京都)(招待講演)
  • Year and Date: 2010-12-25
• [Presentation] 1歳齢児の指さしと養育者からの言語的応答に関する発達行動学的研究 (2010)
  • Author(s): 岸本健
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第74回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 大阪大学(大阪府)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-20
• [Presentation] Human infants use pointing gestures to provoke responses from caregivers (2010)
  • Author(s): 岸本健
  • Organizer: International Primatological Society 23rd Congress Kyoto 2010
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-15
• [Presentation] Human infants use pointing gestures to provoke responses from caregivers. (2010)
  • Author(s): Takeshi Kishimoto
  • Organizer: International Primatological Society 23rd Congress Kyoto 2010
  • Place of Presentation: 京都大学(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2010-09-15
• [Presentation] 1歳齢保育園児の指さしによる保育士とのコミュニケーション,1歳齢保育園児の指さしによる保育士とのコミュニケーション (2010)
  • Author(s): 岸本健
  • Organizer: 第21回日本発達心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸国際会議場(兵庫県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-27
• [Presentation] 1歳齢保育園児の指さしによる保育士とのコミュニケーション (2010)
  • Author(s): 岸本健
  • Organizer: 第21回日本発達心理学会
  • Place of Presentation: 神戸国際会議場(兵庫県)
  • Year and Date: 2010-03-27
• [Presentation] 1歳齢保育園児による指さしの繰り返しと保育士の言語的応答との関連性 (2009)
  • Author(s): 岸本健・安田純・日野林俊彦・南徹弘
  • Organizer: 日本心理学会第73回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 立命館大学(京都府)
  • Year and Date: 2009-08-26