Developing an understanding of social norms and games : Emotional engagement, nonverbal agreement, and conversation
Författare
Summary, in English
The first part of the article examines some recent studies on the early development of social norms that examine young children’s understanding of codified rule games. It is argued that the constitutive rules than define the games cannot be identified with social norms and therefore the studies provide limited evidence about socio-normative development. The second part reviews data on children’s play in natural settings that show that children do not understand norms as codified or rules of obligation, and that the norms that guide social interaction are dynamic, situated, and heterogeneous. It is argued that normativity is intersubjective and negotiable and starts to develop in the first year, emerging as a practical skill that depends on participatory engagement. Three sources of compliance are discussed: emotional engagement, nonverbal agreement, and conversation.
Avdelning/ar
- CogComlab
- Teoretisk filosofi
- Cognitive modeling
Publiceringsår
2014
Språk
Engelska
Sidor
737-754
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Theory & Psychology
Volym
24
Issue
6
Fulltext
- Available as PDF - 338 kB
- Download statistics
Dokumenttyp
Artikel i tidskrift
Förlag
SAGE Publications
Ämne
- Psychology (excluding Applied Psychology)
Nyckelord
- compliance
- constitutive rule
- engagement
- intersubjectivity
- interaction
- normative development
- play
- social norm
Status
Published
Projekt
- Understanding rules: Cognitive and noncognitive models of social cognition (ESF/VR)
Forskningsgrupp
- CogComlab
- Cognitive modeling
ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt
- ISSN: 1461-7447