Infant s Social Communication Using A Computer System

Another study done on social development was done by Skotheim et al. (2013). Thirty-nine mothers and their infants participated in the eight-week longitudinal study. The purpose of study was to examine infant’s social communication using a computer system. The mothers were asked to fill out a questionnaire to determine the relationship of the infants’ temperament and the mother’s depression. The examination began when the mother and the infant were both looking at each other eye-to-eye. The mothers were told to interact with their child like if they were not at the laboratory. The infant and the mother were videotaped and then shown the video. During the actual interaction time, the mother and the infant were evaluated on whether or not†¦show more content†¦A limitation that the study had was that the examiners did not take into consideration the mother’s behavior. Skotheim et al. (2013) discussed that if the behavior would have been taken into co nsideration, it would have included information about the mother’s acknowledgement to the infant while the examination was happening. Another limitation was that Skotheim et al. (2013) did not include mothers who were clinically diagnosed with depression. The mothers were only evaluated into sub-clinically depressed of non-depressed. Skotheim et al. (2013) concludes that the results showed that infants whose mothers were sub-clinically depressed had a lower gaze and affect than infants whose mothers were non-depressed. Both Skotheim et al. (2013) and Feldman et al. (2009) showed that infants of mothers who are depressed have an impact in the child’s focus and social skills. Feldman et al. (2009) also mentions that infants who are born to depressed mothers experience depression themselves in their life. Since they are at risk of experiencing depression, Feldman et al. (2009) suggests that further research should be done to provide them with early interventions. Skotheim et al. (2013) mentions that the results of the studies show the importance of infants being born to a mentally stable mother. Cognitive Domain of Development All of the developmental domains are important in a child’s life. They might not know it or understand it but