P039D Clip Notes
| Notes:n:nn | by Analyst Transcribed: 2/26/2026; 5/2/2025 |
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| Video Clip: | Context |
| Setting,Props | Cedar Hall, Family Room: standard objects |
| Actors,Aims | Peggy: Objects on the Floor, Mom helping; Bob on camera. |
| Actions: | Transcribed as Text Episodes |
| Episode A: 00:10 |
Peggy: [At open, she is on the floor among scattered objects, reaching for the middle (white) cup] Bob: I’m kinda short on video tape, so we’ll run out of here. Peggy: [reaching for the middle (light) cup, she knocks away the large block then moves toward it; she feels the middle block under her body and ejects it, the sees the small ball roll by] [Looking back to its origin, she sees Mom, immediately cries distress and turns toward her; she crawls toward Mom, losing the cup in the process] Bob: I think, Gretchen, maybe you’d better go away. |
| Episode B: 00:47 |
Mom: [laughing, picking up Peggy] No, you’re a cutey, you’re a cutey [setting her down among objects then leaving scene right] Bob: It’s only for a little while. The tape’s going to be over, mighty quick. Peggy: [bracing core up LH, she pulls RH the large cup close, examines and inserts fingers in open edge, switches body supprt to RA (right arm) and throws / hits at starred ball with large cup; it moves and she reaches and brings it to mouth] Peggy: [Seeing the small ball rolling near the couch-barrier, she waves RH the starred ball, switches support, ejects the small block, and throws LH the starred ball; it rolls to the wall and bounces back, ending near the small ball] |
| Episode C: 01:28 |
Peggy: [brushes aside middle and large blocks then crawls toward the two balls, looking right at the mirror baby in mid-path; the small ball escapes her grasp, rolling into a remote shadow; the starred ball also escapes] Bob: I’m putting this all the stuff right back here in the pile. Peggy: [rotating on her belly from mirror image to physical Bob and the pile of objects; she crawls toward the scene exit, where Mom went ] Bob: [at the camera] Where are you going? Peggy: [looks up, decides “Daddy will do,” and changes direction] Bob: Where are you going?… Are you coming over to me? Peggy: 2PVVs ! ~=”Yeah. Yeah.”… [then begins NVVs expressing distress] Bob: What do you want, Peg? |
| Episode D: 02:26 |
Peggy: [crawling closer] Mixed Vocalizations, ~=”That a-uh-a” Bob: You want me to pick you up, huh? Shall I pick you up? What do you want me to do? Peggy: [reaches for my hands with her left hand; Mixed Vocalizations ~= “yada-ada” Bob: Want me to pick you up? Okay, come on, sweetie. I guess that’s the end of our experiment. Okay? |
| Episode E: 02:43 |
Break: resumption a short time later Bob: You mad at me, Peg? You don’t look mad. Peggy: [facing the distant mirror, manipulating objects, she waves the starred ball at the mirror baby; makes an “open mouth face” at the mirror baby; after looking at the starred ball, she spins it; it rolls to the mirror, hits it] Peggy: [retrieving the ball, raising it to the mirror, she loses it and watches it roll away, off scene left] |
| Episode F: 03:27 |
Peggy: [in rotating, she kicks objects behind,looks back at them, then acquires the large cup; mouthing it first, she happily bangs the cup up high against the mirror, ~14 times.] Peggy: [focusing on the cup itself, she mouths it, examines it, waves and bangs it on the floor; she returns to the mirror for a final hit as the tape is reaching its end] [End 04:11] |
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| Actions: | Traced in More Detail |
| Trace: | of collated sensory and motor details (as available) |
| AI Summary: | as Contents List – Session resumes with Peggy on the floor among scattered objects, reaching for a middle/light cup as Bob notes limited tape time. – She knocks away a large block, ejects a middle block, notices a small ball roll, then turns distressed toward Mom and crawls to her, dropping the cup. – Mom briefly picks Peggy up, soothes her, sets her back among objects, and exits; Bob remarks the tape will be over soon. – Peggy examines a large cup, inserts fingers, uses it to strike a starred ball, then brings the ball to her mouth. – Spotting a small ball, she ejects a small block and throws the starred ball; it rolls to the wall, bounces back near the small ball. – She brushes aside blocks, crawls toward both balls, pauses to look at her mirror image; both balls escape—one into a shadow. – Peggy orients from mirror image to Bob and the object pile, initially heads toward where Mom exited, then redirects toward Bob. – With mixed vocalizations indicating distress/appeal, she reaches for Bob’s hands; Bob picks her up, pausing the experiment. – After a brief break, Peggy engages the mirror: waves the starred ball at the “mirror baby,” makes an open-mouth face, spins the ball, which hits the mirror and then rolls off-scene. – She acquires a large cup, mouths it, and enthusiastically bangs it against the mirror about 14 times; continues exploring and banging the cup on the floor, returns for a final mirror hit as the tape ends. |
| AI Narrative: | The scene opens with an infant, Peggy, placed on the floor among scattered objects, including cups, blocks, and balls, while Bob monitors the session and a camera records. Peggy initially reaches for a light-colored cup, displacing nearby blocks as she explores by touch and reach. Her movements are purposeful but exploratory, alternating between grasping, pushing, and reacting to the shifting positions of objects around her. When a small ball rolls by, she notices it and tracks its motion, briefly dividing her attention between nearby items and the ball’s trajectory. A notable shift occurs when Peggy looks back toward the source of the rolling ball and sees her mother. She immediately vocalizes distress and orients toward her, crawling in that direction and losing track of the cup she had been handling. After a short interaction, her mother leaves the scene, and Peggy returns to object-focused activity. She then engages with a large cup, inserting fingers into its edge, switching arm support as needed, and using the cup to push or strike a starred ball—actions that send objects into motion and elicit further reaching and pursuit. Peggy’s play becomes more dynamic as she alternates between objects and explores cause-and-effect. She throws the starred ball, tracks its roll and bounce, and brushes aside blocks to head toward two balls that have come to rest farther away. Both balls escape her grasp and roll into less accessible areas, prompting her to reorient. She rotates on her belly to scan between the mirror image of herself, Bob, and the pile of objects, then begins crawling toward the exit where her mother had gone before deciding to approach Bob instead. As she nears Bob, Peggy produces mixed vocalizations that suggest a bid for assistance or contact; she reaches for his hands, and he picks her up, briefly pausing the activity. When the session resumes, Peggy appears calm and returns to object manipulation. Facing a mirror, she waves the starred ball toward her reflection, makes an open-mouth expression at the “mirror baby,” spins the ball, and watches it roll into view of the mirror and then away. She continues rotating her body, inadvertently moving other objects with her legs, and then focuses on a large cup. With the cup, Peggy alternates between mouthing, examining, waving, and banging behaviors. She repeatedly taps the cup against the mirror in a sustained, rhythmic sequence, then shifts attention to the cup itself, exploring its edges and surfaces before returning to the mirror for additional contact. The session closes with Peggy engaged in this back-and-forth between object-focused exploration and interaction with her reflection, illustrating a blend of sensory, motor, and attention shifts that unfold naturally in a short, observed period. |
| Link Index | Panel P039, Language Development, Object Exploration, Social Interactions |
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