Social referencing: When a child looks to their parent or caregiver and makes eye contact to
decide whether to engage in a specific behavior/activity or not.
decide whether to engage in a specific behavior/activity or not.
Still-face paradigm: This is to observe how a baby reacts to the lack of response from a parent/
caregiver during social referencing.
caregiver during social referencing.
- The babies tended to get aggravated if the adult in no way responded to them.
With these two concepts in mind, it is incredibly important for parents to engage with their
child using eye contact, sounds or expression. Studies found that children who were raised by
parents who are depressed, tend to not respond as much to the still-face experiment. Because
children find affirmation from eye contact, if a child lacks this connection they are more likely to
do their own decision making which would potentially lead to overly independent children etc.
child using eye contact, sounds or expression. Studies found that children who were raised by
parents who are depressed, tend to not respond as much to the still-face experiment. Because
children find affirmation from eye contact, if a child lacks this connection they are more likely to
do their own decision making which would potentially lead to overly independent children etc.
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