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  • Child development
  • Social psychology
  • Developmental psychology

Background:

  • Children develop norm distinctions through social experiences.
  • The second year of life is crucial for early norm understanding.
  • Mothers' responses may shape children's understanding of social norms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate maternal responses to different norm domains (moral, prudential, pragmatic) in infants.
  • To examine if mothers' interventions and emotional reactions vary by norm type.
  • To explore developmental changes in maternal responses during the second year.

Main Methods:

  • Interviewed 60 mothers of infants aged 11-23 months.
  • Collected data on mothers' initial interventions, responses to noncompliance, and emotional reactions.
  • Analyzed maternal responses based on the normative domain.

Main Results:

  • Mothers' interventions, compliance strategies, and emotional reactions differed across moral, prudential, and pragmatic norms.
  • Mothers of older infants (closer to 23 months) showed less differentiated responses compared to mothers of younger infants.
  • Maternal responses were domain-dependent, suggesting early social learning of norm distinctions.

Conclusions:

  • Infants in their second year gain social experiences that contribute to differentiating between various social norms.
  • Maternal socialization practices play a role in teaching children about different types of social rules.
  • Early social interactions lay the foundation for understanding complex social norms.