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The infant enters into the world. It is a social world full of conspecifics, a small segment of which shares his gene pool, a larger segment who will influence him, and, finally, the largest segment that forms the background in which these other interactions will take place. The smallest segment we call the family, the larger, his friends, acquaintances, and peers, and the largest segment, the culture. The people who populate the child’s world are many and the behavior they direct toward the child varied. In order to explore the child as a member of its social group or network, it is necessary to explore some ideas concerning the social objects and social functions of the child’s world.
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Lewis, M., Feiring, C. (1979). The Child’s Social Network: Social Object, Social Functions, and Their Relationship. In: Lewis, M., Rosenblum, L.A. (eds) The Child and Its Family. Genesis of Behavior, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3435-4_2
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