Group life in Babies: Spoken version (Cathy Urwin)

Introduced in the following way:
What about babies’ ability to participate in Group Processes?In our presentation we aim to push forward the question ‘Do babies show group relatedness?’ presenting material from a study that builds on Selby and Bradley’s babies-in-groups paradigm, as described by Markova and Legerstee. In the first instance the study aims to compare what may happen within infant trios with what may go on in foursomes. Given that trios have particular properties and that, arguably, the demands on coordinating interactions in foursomes will be greater, we hope that studying foursomes will tell us more about the kinds of motivation, dynamics and skills necessary skills for group participation. Jane (Selby) will focus on particular issues raised in ‘interpreting’ group behaviour.
Here, we focus on two foursomes with the aim of exploring how we would identify ‘group’ behaviour, what kinds of interpretation would be appropriate to capture group dynamics in preverbal infants, and how this group related behaviour is possible.