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P030Bst: Following Gaze or a Point 6mb

P30B Clip Notes

Notes:1:10 by Analyst, Take Two, Subtitles revised, 9/26/2025 (10/04/2024); Take One, 2/25/2014
Setting,Props Cedar Hall, Family Room: Peggy in her car seat, with plastic doll
Actors,Aims Peggy and Mom, Rob, Miriam; Bob on camera; verbal direction versus gestureg
Notes:1:10 take 2 by Analyst, 10/04/2024
Take Two (subtitles revised, 9/26/2025)
Episode A:
Mom: Peggy. Peggy, look at Robby.
Mom: Peggy, look at Robby.
Peggy: [makes non-verbal noise, swings toy back and forth]
Robby: [as camera turns to him] She didn’t do it.
Bob: She didn’t look at you?
Robby: No, but I think she may have a crappy diaper
Bob: Oops. Well, maybe we better stop and check. [camera off]
Take Two
Episode B:
Bob: Go ahead.
Mom: Peggy. Look at Miriam, Peggy. [raising her arm, pointing to Miriam] Look at Miriam. [Peggy’s head obscured]
Bob: Could you do that again with your arm a little lower, Gretchen?
Mom: Look at Miriam.
Peggy: [on picking up her toy, she looks towards Miriam
Bob: Miriam, did she look at you?
Miriam: [nods her head affirmatively]
Bob: Did she look right in your eyes, [Miriam nods her head in affirmative] or what did she do? Can you describe what she did?
Miriam: No.
Bob: Okay, thank you.
Bob: I think this doesn’t make any sense at all, so we’ll stop it right here.
Episode
Summary
by AI
Clip labeled “[Duplicate] [sub] P30B.mp4,” subtitles revised 9/26/2025.
Mom prompts: “Peggy… look at Robby.”
Robby reports Peggy didn’t look at him and suggests she may have a dirty diaper.
Bob suggests stopping to check; brief camera interruption implied.
Recording resumes; Mom redirects: “Peggy, look at Miriam,” while pointing.
Bob asks Mom (Gretchen) to lower her arm for visibility and repeats the prompt.
Peggy, while picking up a toy, looks toward Miriam.
Bob asks Miriam if Peggy looked at her; Miriam nods yes.
Bob probes whether Peggy made eye contact; Miriam nods but can’t describe it verbally (“No”).
Bob concludes the exercise “doesn’t make any sense” and stops the session.
Narrative
by AI
The clip opens with a casual, home-video atmosphere: a family gathered around Peggy, who is engaged with a toy and making soft, non-verbal sounds. A request from “Mom” prompts Peggy to look at Robby, but the moment shifts when Robby observes that Peggy didn’t respond and might need a diaper change. There’s a brief pause and a cut, suggesting the recording stops to address the practical concern before resuming.
When the camera comes back on, the focus shifts toward encouraging Peggy to look at someone else—Miriam. Mom gently points and repeats the prompt, with a note from Bob to adjust her arm position for better visibility on camera. The scene is careful and deliberate, with the adults coordinating both Peggy’s attention and the mechanics of filming. Peggy responds after picking up her toy, glancing in Miriam’s direction.
Bob then checks in with Miriam, asking whether Peggy made eye contact and requesting a description of what happened. Miriam confirms the look with nods but declines to elaborate verbally. The exchange underscores how observing and describing subtle social behaviors can be challenging, especially in a lightly structured, everyday setting.
Throughout the clip, the interplay between the participants reveals a few layers: caregiving routines, efforts to guide attention and engagement, and the practical realities of recording a moment as it unfolds. The presence of stage directions—from adjusting arm height to restarting the camera—highlights the behind-the-scenes considerations that shape what viewers eventually see.
The segment ends with Bob noting that the exercise “doesn’t make any sense,” bringing the attempt to a close. The result is a brief snapshot of family dynamics and observational practice: a simple, unscripted moment where caregiving, communication prompts, and the imperfect nature of documentation intersect.
Link Index Panel P030, Object Knowledge, pre-Language Communication.
Post Example1, Development of the Pure Point
Panel LC3bV1, Ten “Pointing” Video Clips
Themes,
Interplay
Pointing and attention; Following Gaze; Following Pointing
Take One
Episode A:
Peggy: (sitting in her car seat and happily whining a bit Peggy, mouths her plastic doll.)
Mom: Peggy, Peggy, (slowly and deliberately turning her head in the direction of Robby) look at Robby..… (Looking again at Peggy Gretchen repeats the preceding) Peggy, look at Robby.
Peggy: (waving her plastic doll in her hand looking at it and making noises)
Bob: (turning the camera to Robby)
Rob: she didn’t do it.
Bob: she didn’t look at you?
Rob: no.
Bob: okay.
Rob: I think she may have a crappy diaper.
Bob: Ooops. (Returning camera to Peggy) maybe we better stop here and check that.
Episode B:
at 0:28
Mom: Peggy, look at Miriam (pointing in Miriam’s direction) look at Miriam, Peggy. (Gretchen’s arm is at a height that blocks any view of Peggy’s head.)
Peggy: (inarticulate exclamation)
Bob: could you do that again with your arm a little lower, Gretchen?
Mom: (extending her arm on the lower) look at Miriam.
Peggy: (apparently focused on Gretchen’s hand, ends uplooking in Miriam’s direction; Miriam makes faces at Peggy to attract her attention)
Bob: (with camera focused on Miriam) Miriam, did she look at you?
MRL: (nodding her head yes)
Bob: did she look right in your eyes?… Or what did she do? Can you describe what she did?
MRL: no.
Bob: okay. Thank you.
Mom: (moving Peggy down to floor)
Bob: I think this doesn’t make any sense at all. Let’s stop here. Ending at 1:10
Episode :
Link Index Panel P030, Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions
Themes,
Interplay
Pointing and attention; Following Gaze; Following Pointing