‏‏Symbolic-Behavior Communication

"An integrative model of parent-infant communication development" https://lnkd.in/dqG3t73J

The development of pointing during social interaction. The figure shows a schematic representation of the developmental cascade pointing to behavior in the first year of life as an “elaboration” of reaching attempts: (a) infants' behavioral response is trying to reach a desired object in their proximity, (b) caregivers' understanding of infants' signals and desires, and (c) infants' symbolic gesture to signal to their caregivers their desire.