Year 1, from birth
Analysis: Mastery of the Ring Tower Puzzle The Ring Tower Puzzle was a member of the set of Standard Objects. The base supports an upright pole onto which six plastic rings are placed. In the original form the upright is a cone of diameter decreasing with height. It is a puzzle for an infant because …
Summary Table of Standard Objects and their Uses: Objects Number Chosen for Peg’s Uses Rolling? Into/on-other Other-in/on? Detection Adoption Mastery Rings few throwable yes na na Rings few spotty roller yes na na Rings few ball holder na no yes Rings all putting-on rod no yes no Rings all=6+ putting-on cone putting-on cone no yes …
IPS Panel P039 (Day 274, Session 014, Date: 10/23/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P039A1,A2In the High chair P039BInterlude P039C1,C2In the Walker P039DObjects in the High Chair P039EPeggy & Objects On the Floor Short Notes: Communication, Object Exploration, Social Interaction P039A1 In the High Chair, 27mb P039A2 In …
IPS Panel P037 (Day 260, Session 012, Date: 10/9/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P037A1,P037A2Miriam and Peggy, Vocal Imitationwith Miriam P037BRob’s Experiment and Peggywith Robby P037C1,P037C2Mom Feeding Peggy,Vocal Behavior P037DInstruction, by Mom: Noses and Hands P037E1,P037E2,P037E3Objects on the Floor: These notes are incomplete without a Detailed Trace Short …
IPS Panel P038 (Day 267, Session 013, Date: 10/16/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P038A1Playpen: Ring Tower P038A2,A3Playpen: Standard Objects P038A4Playpen: Solitary Vocalization P038A5Playpen: Ejections P038B1Car Seat:Cup,Dish,Brush P038B2Car Seat: Standard Object Set> P038B3a,B3bCar Seat: (no table) Objects Short Notes: Playpen and Car Seat as context, Functional and Standard …
IPS Panel P051 (Day 358, Session 026, Date: 1/15/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P051A1,A2,A3Reading with Mom & Siblingswith Robby P051BPutting in a Cup Lid P051CCloth Over the Head P051DRing Tower Play P051EStandard Objects P051FLooking at Wall Pictures Short Notes: These clips show developmental state approaching one year; …
IPS Panel P048 (Day 337, Session 023, Date: 12/25/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P048A1,A2,A3Christmas Toys P048BWith Toy Dog P048CBook, Back to Toys P048D1,D2Standard Objects P048EPeggy with a Book P048FSession Comments Short Notes: New toys, Object Exploration, Books as Objects; These clips show Peggy largely on her own, …
IPS Panel P047 (Day 329, Session 022, Date: 12/17/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P047ARequesting Things P047B1,B2Naming with Mom P047CEveryday Objects P047D2Response to “No!” P047D6Walking with a Table (Happy Accident) P047D1,D3,D4,D5,D7Standard Objects Short Notes: These clips focus on communication and object exploration; Physical Development (walking with an aid) …
IPS Panel P046 (Day 322, Session 021, Date: 12/10/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P046A1,A2Box with Blocks P046BPlaying with Ball, with Miriam P046CWalking with a Table (1st time!) P046D1,D2Nesting Boxes P046E1,E2Standard Objects Short Notes: Social Interactions, Object Exploration, Physical Development (walking on her own) P46A1 Box with Blocks, …
IPS Panel P043 (Day 301, Session 018, Date: 11/19/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P043A1,A2Box & Blocks with Miriam P043BTalk & Pipe-play P043CWalking, Body Parts with Mom P043DIn Walker, with Robwith Robby P04343E1,E2Standard Objects Short Notes: P43A1 Box & Blocks, with Miriam, 16mb P43A2 Box & Blocks, with …
IPS Panel P045 (Day 314, Session 020, Date: 12/2/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P045Apre-Verbal Communiciation P045BIn her Walker, with Robwith Robby P045C1,C2Nesting Boxes, with Blocks P045DBox with Blocks P045E1,E2Balls and Boxes Short Notes: These clips show pre-verbal communication, early object exploration, and family interactions. P45A Communication, 13mb …
IPS Panel P050 (Day 351, Session 025, Date: 1/8/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P050AIn the High Chair P050BPointing & Talking P050C1,C2Blocks & Boxes P050D1,D2Standard Objects P050E1,E2With a Book Short Notes: Pointing and Talking, Object Knowledge, Book related behavior P50A In the High Chair, 29mb P50B Pointing & …
IPS Panel P049 (Day 344, Session 024, Date: 1/1/1979) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P049A1,A2,A3Body Parts, Pointing, with Mom P049B1,B2Pointing with Miriam, Scurrywith Scurry P049CIn her Walker, with Rob with Robby P049DMirror Baby, with Bob P049E1,E2,E3Objects, Walking P049F1,F2,F3Objects, Pointing, TV Short Notes: Communication & Pointing, Object Exploration, Family …
IPS Panel P044 (Day 309, Session 019, Date: 11/27/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P044A1,A2Pointing Behavior P044BBall and Ring Tower, with Mom P044C1,C2Cups and Blocks P044DNesting Boxes Short Notes: Pointing/Communication, Object Exploration P44A1 Pointing, 21mb P44A2 Pointing, 24mb P44B Ball and Ring Tower, 29mb P44C1 Cups and Blocks, …
IPS Panel P042 (Day 295, Session 017, Date: 11/13/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index, or Vignettes Index P042A1,A2pre-conversation P042BChoice & Pointing P042C1,C2Blocks Box P042DGiving a Ball P042E1,E2Standard Objects Short Notes: Language Development, pre-Pointing, Object Exploration P42A1 pre-Conversation, 19mb P42A2 pre-Conversation, 20mb P42B Choice and Pointing, 15mb P42C1 Blocks Box, 16mb P42C2 …
IPS Panel P041 (Day 289, Session 016, Date: 11/7/1978) Go to
IPS Panel P040 (Day 282, Session 015, Date: 10/31/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P040AFeeding, with GPL (Mom) P040BObject Choice P040CPipe-play “talk” P040D1In Walker: Rolling with the mirror P040D2In Walker: Rolling no mirror P040EStandard objects Short Notes: Social Interactions, Pre-Language Communication and Object Interactions Mom feeds Peggy in …
IPS Panel P036 (Day 253, Session 011, Date: 10/2/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P036ARing Tower P036B1,P036B2,P036B3Box with Blocks P036CIndicating Choice; Clapping Hands P036D1,P036D2,P036D3,Sets of Objects, Roller P036EVocal Imitation Short Notes: P36A Ring Tower, 14mb P36B1 Box with Blocks, 19mb P36B2 Box with Blocks, 21mb P36B3 Box with …
IPS Panel P035 (Day 245, Session 010, Date: 9/24/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P035A1Feeding with Mom P035A2,P035A3,P035A4pre-Conversations P035B1,P035B2 Standard Objects on the Floor P035CChoosing Between Toys P035DBox with Blocks Short Notes: These early clips show Peggy can be engaged in vocal communication; they help define a baseline …
IPS Panel P030 (Day 210, Session 007, Date: 8/20/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P030AHidden Objects P030BFollowing Gaze,Pointing: (pre-language communication) P030CUsing Her Cup P030D1a,P030D1bObjects on the Floor P030D2a,P030D2b,P030D2cRing Tower on Floor P030D3Blocks on the Floor Short Notes: Originally, panel P030B showed an attempt to use directly for this …
Infant Peggy Study, IPS Panel P026 (Day 183, Session 005, Date: 7/24/1978) Go to Previous or Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P026A1Pre-Conversation (pre-verbal turn taking) P026A2Mirror Baby P026A3Using her Spoon P026B1,P026B2Objects on the Floor P026C1,P026C2,P026C3with Siblings Short Notes: These clips capture what was everyday and what uncommon in Peggy’s context; Peggy at …
Infant Peggy Study, IPS Panel P018 (Day 127, Session 001, Date: 5/29/78) Go to Next Panel, Video Clips Index or Vignettes Index P018A1,P018A2Mom with Infant Peggy P018B1,P035B2Introducing Scurry, the Scottywith Scurry P18C1,P18C2,P18C3Peggy with Cloths, Familiar Objects, More P018D,P018EIntroducing Siblings: Rob and Miriamwith Robby Analyst short Notes: These clips introduce the cast of characters; this is …
3V0361.03 Peggy Bites. 01/18/79 SURPRISE — Some time about the beginning of this week Peggy bit me. She was standing facing me, grasping my legs to support herself. Suddenly [with no provocation] and apparently deliberately she brought her head over and nipped the left side of my left leg just above the knee. I could …
3V0361.02 Tantrums 1/18/79 TANTRUMS — Peggy has begun to show behavior that I would call tantrums. Typically she is in her highchair, trying to communicate something. As she gets more excited, her verbalizing becomes continuous and insistent. Offered things she does not want, she will grasp them with one hand and toss them over the …
3V0361.01 Two words 01/18/79 TWO WORDS — Peggy has long joined /thaet/ with pointing to call another’s attention to some out-of-reach object. We usually interpret this to mean that she wants to either eat, touch, or mouth the object. Peggy likes to take things to herself — cookies or picture frames. The smaller ones we …
3V0358.01 Over the Head — body awareness (1/15/79) Peggy has been passing objects behind her for some time (this appears in notes and on video tape). One early attempt with her rattle on a string was to get it over her head. She now does this regularly with whatever is remotely suitable – e.g. the …
3V0357.02 Reading 1/14/79 READING — When I tired of pipe play and put them away, Peggy pointed to the book about puppies Miriam has given her. Peggy played contentedly for a minute or a few — then she gave the book to me. I thanked her, admired the book, and returned it to her. She …
3V0357.01 Putting into. 01/14/79 PUTTING IN — As Peggy sat in her high chair I pointed out to Gretchen how much now Peggy had mastered “putting-in”. First she put her curved spoon in her cup’s cap, removed it, and then she did the same with a pipe stem I had given her to play with. …
3V0355.03 Picture Gallery: extensive discussion: 01/12/79 The change in Peggy’s behavior after I mounted our collection of children’s pictures in the bedroom was so profound it marks a watershed in her development. Let me elaborate, and begin by describing that collection of pictures. When Robby was young, I bought a Nikon 35 mm camera and …
3V0355.02 Teasing Bob (1/12/79) Yesterday, Peggy and I played on the spare basement bed. We traded pipe stems. I gave Peggy my pipe stem. She chewed on it then gave it back. Saying “thank you”, I nibbled at it and returned it, “Here.” This was repeated several times. Then Peggy, on giving the pipe stem …
3V0355.01 Putting into: 01/12/79 After last week’s videotape, wherein Peggy, for the first time, explored putting into of sticks to a cup, I have become more sensitive to her extensions of this exploration – at the table: Peggy’s juice cup has a recessed lid with nipple. I have seen her repeatedly take a cookie, put …
3V0354.04 Putting Into (1/11/79) This evening Peggy was playing in our bedroom with a bead bracelet. Spying Bob’s big work boots, she dropped the bracelet into one of them then pulled it over and looked in. As she pulled, the boot tipped and the bracelet slid towards the toe, so she could not see it …
3V0354.03 Walking (1/11/79) By now, Peggy can, under favorable circumstances stand alone unsupported for as long as several seconds. she has also (yesterday) walked several steps, being help only by one hand. In the walker, she has become a terror, running to gain speed, then sliding across the floor (occasionally pushing as on a scooter) …
3V0354.01 Functional Application: using a comb (1/11/78) A day or so ago, I washed Peggy’s hair. As I could not find her little brush, I had to use a comb and a regular baby brush. I used the latter while Peggy held the former. She chewed on it a bit, then held one end and …
3V0354.02 Doctor Visit (1/11/79) Peggy went to see Dr. Merman on the 2nd. He found her to be in good shape, but on the small side. At 17 lbs. 13 oz. and 28 inches, she is in the 10th percentile for weight and the 25th for height. Except for the first month, in which she …
3V0351.01 Comprehension limitations.01/08/79 COMPREHENSION LIMITATIONS — Right before New Year, Bob got the dishwasher repaired and reinstalled. Saturday [?] morning it was running for the first time in 10 days. Coming into the kitchen with Peggy, I listened to the sounds and murmured, “Hurray for the dishwasher.” Peggy immediately raised her hands to her head …
3V0344.02 Picture Gallery (a major beginning, vision) Bob put up our file of baby pictures on the wall over the holidays. Peggy immediately noticed their presence. She holds out her [right] hand to them, saying “Da!” and is pleased to be held up close to view them. While we were filming our videotape today, she …
3V0344.01 Words (foot) 01/01/79 WORDS — I have been saying to Peggy “Where’s your foot?” and she will respond more or less quickly, holding up her foot, pointing, and saying “Da!” “Hand” generally brings out clapping. “Nose” pointing, or more often grabbing for my nose.
3V0337.01 Christmas (12/25/78) Peggy received a few presents today — some new, some hand-me-downs. she didn’t understand the opening of packages. Peggy chewed on her new rattle and dish, but most seemed to enjoy chewing on the box which contained the rattle. The tree with its hanging ornaments caught her attention most — especially the …
3V0335.02 Trapped fingers again (12/23/78) Once again the box got her. Gretchen and I are beginning to be surprised that she can’t solve the problem (ie. fingers caught between lid and sides of the box; second hand leaning on the lid.)
3V0335.01 Naming (Daddy’s nose grabbed – comprehension evidence) (12/23/78) NAMING — I lay in bed this morning during Peggy’s early morning feeding. When she had finished nursing, Gretchen put Peggy down between us. They played together for a while, talking about noses. Then Gretchen asked, “Where’s Daddy’s nose?” Peggy turned around and grabbed my nose. …
3V0331.01 Pointing and Naming. Comprehension evidence. 12/19 POINTING AND NAMING — Today I asked Peggy, “Where’s Peggy’s NOSE?” She brought her hand up to my nose [I don’t remember if she pointed; I think it was the whole hand] and very decisively said, “Da!” NOSE appeared to be the operative word.
3V0329.02 Reflections on putting (12/17/78) If Peggy has yet to distinguish the interior of objects from the surfaces (in the sense of not understanding hollowness, how can it make sense to say that she is putting one thing ONTO or INTO another ? What is required is an imputation of a goal to her — …
3V0329.01 Pointing and imperative /dae/. Social rich interpretation. 12/17/78 POINTING AND NAMING — Over the last several days Peggy has been VERY cranky. She always wants to be picked up and makes this clear in two ways: she whines or cries; she crawls over and climbs up on your leg. New teeth are definitely coming …
3V0327.03 Trapped fingers bug manifest again (12/15/78) BLOCK BOX TRAP — Playing on the bedroom floor just now, Peggy got two fingers trapped in the [block] box. She could not get them free because she was leaning on the lid with the other hand. This has happened to her a number of times over the …
3V0327.02 Helen Keller as archetype (12/15/78) Helen Keller situation as extreme exemplar of every infant’s plight.
3V0327.01 Imitation game, Gretchen and Peggy. (12/15/78) IMITATION GAME — Several days ago Peggy and I were playing a familiar game as she sat in her high chair. Peggy would beat on the tray with the flat of her palm somewhere between two and seven times, then wait for me to repeat what she had …
3V0321.02 Putting on and Putting into (12/09/78) Yesterday I sat Peggy down on the bedroom floor and pointed out the toys. Her blocks box was there, and I opened it up for her. It was empty. Peggy looked, and immediately grabbed a block off the floor and plunked it into the box. True, she picked …
3V0321.01 Peggy Walking Solo, with tea table as crutch (12/09/78) Last night the entire family sat in the living room. Gretchen searched through old files to locate our Encyclopedia Brittanica futures contract; I worried about why the fireplace was smoking (a backdraft through the still open bedroom fireplace chimney). I don’t know — none of …
3V0317.01 Temporal advancement of “thank you” to a command. 12/05 NO “THANK YOU” — Peggy’s use of the pattern has proved transient. She no longer says anything when given my pipe or a cookie or whatever. But the passing of the phrase was marked by an interesting transition shown in only a single incident: Peggy …