3V0644.1

3V0644.01 [/pinsh/ (punches doll)…shame] (10/28/79) Peggy had her doll completely undressed. At one point, she punched it on the chest, remarking as she did [pinsh…s’em]. Gretchen.

3V0605.1

3V0605.01 [kiss]: kisses doll spontaneously; verbal self-direction 9/19/79 While I was working in the kitchen, Peggy walked by holding a doll. She held it up , said “kiss” and kissed the doll. A week later (9/26) Peggy repeated this with me, saying spontaneously [kiss] and leaning over to kiss me. (text repeated in 3V0611.1). Gretchen.

3V0563.1

3V0563.01 Scissors : 08/08/79; Prospecting for playthings one place or another, Peggy came up with a pair of children’s safety scissors. Even though they have rounded ends, I feared Peggy could hurt herself by pinching her fingers and bade her put them on my writing table. After putting them down, Peggy pointed at them decisively …

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3V0562.1

3V0562.01 Where dada : 08/07/79; Bob went up to Boston yesterday morning. This afternoon Peggy came into our bedroom and looked around, especially at his chair, and said, “Where Dada’.” Today (8/11) Bob has gone again, and Peggy has been wandering around off and on calling Dada, sometimes imperiously, sometimes inquiringly.

3V0556.1

3V0556.01 Toothbrush: 08/01/79; Playing on my bed, looking at the older children’s pictures, Peggy saw my ‘traveling’ toothbrush on the adjacent dresser top. “Have that, have that” was her cry and I did not stop her from taking it. Peggy picked up the toothbrush by the handle, examined the bristles, then tentatively opened her mouth …

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3V0541.3

3V0541.03 [right!] Comprehension issue (7/17/79) Peggy and I had a fight today. I was charging about the house, all concerned with th beam-raising project or its clean up. Peggy was toddling about with the yardstick, probably looking to chase Scurry with it. We collided. The yardstick and my left shin. Peggy was knocked [over]. I …

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3V0516.2

3V0516.02 Concrete pipe: putting in (6/22/79) Peggy often rides with Miriam and me down to the Cox school to pick up Robby after soccer practice. Beside the soccer field is a play area for the older children.. One object is an 8 foot long concrete pipe of 4 foot diameter. Peggy was obvious(ly) fascinated by …

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3V0503.1

3V0503.01 [Who have that?] role of pragmatics; example for analysis (6/9/79) Miriam, sitting at the table, had left a pair of shoes across the kitchen despite my asking her to pick them up. When I called them to her attention and we talked about the shoes, Peggy picked up one and carried it over to …

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3V0502.1

3V0502.01 Trash can: comprehension and generalization Peggy comes to pick at the contents of my writing table whenever she is in my bedroom. (Just now she took a box of chalk and complained vociferously when I retrieved it from her). Today she found the cap of a beer bottle and picked it up. I asked …

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3V0495.2

3V0495.02 Pretending; incorrect choice as a joke (6/01/79) Late in the afternoon I found myself waiting at home for two telephone calls while Gretchen took the cub scouts on a trip. Peggy played in my care and during the hour and more the following incidents occurred: Pretending: Peggy of pulls dishes and other utensils from …

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3V0493.1

3V0493.01 Fragmentary sound knowledge contrast to prosodics (5/30/79) Diaper = /dai/ — Peggy needed changing this morning — so I believed — and Gretchen upstairs agreed to do it. Peggy was complaining loudly, toddling around and smacking her plastic pants. To make certain, I asked, “What do you want, Peggy?” She replied [die] (/dai/) and …

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3V0491.1

3V0491.01 Peggy hiding by closing her eyes; no sense of how others see her (5/28/79) Peggy likes to hide and play chase. The way she hides is reminiscent of playing peek-a-book [sic]. She will run to the corner of a wall and its perpendicular projection and put her head in the corner. When I cry …

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3V0485.2

3V0485.02 Game-agent flexibility precursor to language (5/22/79) Toe grabbing — We grownups tickle Peggy (so do the older children) and she enjoys it. She has begun to try tickling us in return. Her attempts are good imitations although not very effective. (She holds her hand over a patch of skin and scratches [with] all her …

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3V0444.1

3V0444.01 Playing with Scurry; tool, weapons, chimps, and Peggy (4/11/79) After Peggy became more skilled at toddling around, she and Scurry have delighted in chasing each other about the house. Scurry bounces up and down, changes direction running off, hides under the chairs and peers out. Peggy toddles about, chortling gleefully, sometimes chasing Scurry, sometimes …

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3V0429.1

3V0429.01 Stair gate: extends her horizon. (3/27/79) We have long had a stair gate at the bottom of the flight to our second storey. I put it up at first to keep Scurry downstairs (for Miriam’s sake) but knew also that we want to keep Peggy from climbing unattended. While I have worked at my …

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3V0403.1

3V0403.01 “dog” used as a verbal label for Scurry (3/01/79) Peggy was downstairs in the kitchen with Gretchen. I sought a book from our shelves on the balcony of the living room. Peggy entered downstairs and crawled over to the sliding glass doors. (These are a window on the world at her level. For several …

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LC1bT20

Protocol 20, Natural Learning see “The Urge to Instruct” in LC1bA3

Vn10601

Vignette 106.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 107.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 86.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 131.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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

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Vignette 111.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 99.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 97.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 94.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 92.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 90.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 84.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 82.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 81.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 79.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 78.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 77.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 76.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 74.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 73.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 71.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vn69.1 Chatterbox 8/19/77 In Vignette 3, I noted one of my objectives was to render Miriam more willing to reveal her thoughts than was formerly the case. Such a change has gradually but very definitely taken place. Gretchen now complains that Miriam is never quiet, that she talks about every least action she undertakes; for …

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Vignette 68.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 66.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 63.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 62.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 61.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 58.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 57.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 53.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 51.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 50.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.

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Vignette 44.1 of The Intimate Study source materials. Unpublished. Robert W. Lawler.