A Study to Compare Quantitatively the Amount of Change in Facial Expression of Pre-Schoolers and Kindergarteners in Situations Lacking Contact with Another Person and in Social Situations. Occasional Paper No. 5.

Autor/in	Rancourt, Karen L.
Institution	Maryland Univ., College Park. Center for Young Children.
Titel	A Study to Compare Quantitatively the Amount of Change in Facial Expression of Pre-Schoolers and Kindergarteners in Situations Lacking Contact with Another Person and in Social Situations. Occasional Paper No. 5.
Quelle	(1972), (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
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Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Age Differences; Analysis of Variance; Classroom Observation Techniques; Classroom Research; Hypothesis Testing; Kindergarten Children; Nonverbal Communication; Preschool Children; Reliability; Statistical Analysis; Tables (Data) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Reliabilität; Statistische Analyse; Tabelle
Abstract	This report presents an investigation of three hypotheses concerning facial expressions in young children: (1) children seem to emit the same number of changes in facial expressions when they are alone as when they are in contact with another person; (2) the number of facial expressions made when children are along, compared with when they are in contact, with another person, does not vary with age between 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds; and (3) there are no differences in the number of facial changes made between boys and girls when they are alone and when they are with another person. A total of 15 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds were observed watching soundless animal movies in a natural classroom setting. An observer quantitatively recorded all changes in facial expression made by each subject as he viewed the movies both by himself and with a friend. Results confirmed only the second hypothesis, and showed that the children studied did make more facial expressions when accompanied by a friend than when alone and that the girls made significantly more facial changes than the boys. (SDH)
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Update	2004/1/01