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Commentary: Mother—Child Interaction Reconsidered: Commentary on Berducci

Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan, noborut{at}cc.osaka-kyoiku.ac.jp

In this commentary, I reexamine the truck-puzzle task to evaluate the actual significance of Berducci's formulation. I indicate the diversity of situation definition, the co-constructiveness of the situation, the ontogeny of the active and intentional agent who participates in the situation, and its cultural constraints. Although Berducci's formulation is not restricted to a specific task setting and is a general one, the participants in the tasks he analyzed actively interpret a diverse situation and co-construct it as active and intentional agents under the constraint of cultural norms. Therefore, we need to know the ontological status of his formulation; it is a theoretical problem as well as an empirical one.

Key Words: co-construction of the situation • cultural constraints intersubjectivity • mother—child interaction • ontogenesis of an active and intentional agent • situation definition

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