3V0531.1

3V0531.01 COUNTING: beginning of notes. Cookies, hands, and counting (7/7/79) During interviews at IBM, Moshe Zloof raised the question of whether or not, in effect, counting is innate. I told him the question was a big one about which I felt no one could speak with authority but that I had very strong prejudices. As …

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3V0484.1

3V0484.01 Observation Hiatus while thesis completed. (5/21/79) Completing my thesis on time for this semester’s graduation has been a primary disaster for the natural observations of Peggy’s development. I regret this lost material profoundly, and fear that it is from the period of development which would have been most illuminating about subsequent appearances of order …

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Vn11301

Vignette 113.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

Vn08901

Vignette 89.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

Vn05901

Vignette 59.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

Vn04601

Vignette 46.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

3V0015.1

3V0015.1 Sheldon Wagner proposes Meltzoff Experiment 2/6/78 Sheldon Wagner called with congratulations on Peggy’s birth today. During a long conversation, he asked if we would be willing to informally try an experiment on infant imitation which seriously refutes Piagetian theory (I found the reference in a back issue of Science: imitation of Facial and Manual …

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3V0001.1

3V0001.01 Recollections of Peggy’s birth 1/23/78 After telling our landlord, as I returned from walking the dog Sunday night, that the baby was not expected for a week, I realized on coming inside that Gretchen was showing the classic signs of imminent labor. All day she suffered lower-back muscular pains, she frequently experienced shooting pains …

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Vn04001

Vignette 40.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

Vn02002

Vignette 20.2 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

Vn00802

Vignette 8.2 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.