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Social Referencing and Theories of Status and Social Interaction

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Social Referencing and the Social Construction of Reality in Infancy

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Social referencing is a phenomenon of clear significance. Many studies, including those in this volume, document the importance of referencing in the lives of young children and their guardians. Even before the end of their first year, children use adults to define what is dangerous and what is delightful or, in a process similar to modeling, to develop competencies.

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  1. Department of Sociology, San Jose State University, San Jose, California, 95192, USA

    Murray Webster Jr.

  2. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 2B2, Canada

    Martha Foschi (Associate Professor of Sociology)

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  1. Child and Family Studies, Department of Home Economics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming, 82071, USA

    Saul Feinman

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Webster, M., Foschi, M. (1992). Social Referencing and Theories of Status and Social Interaction. In: Feinman, S. (eds) Social Referencing and the Social Construction of Reality in Infancy. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2462-9_11

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