Abstract
The means by which 3- to 5-yr.-old children attempt to initiate social contact with a peer, and the success of such attempts, were observed in a number of preschool settings using an event-sampling technique. Initiators showed a significant same-sex preference, and contact attempts were significantly more successful with a same-sex peer than with a cross-sex peer. Boys and girls were equally verbal, but girls differed significantly from boys in using twice as many requests, more questions, and fewer suggestions and bids for attention. The most successful contact attempts involved showing or offering an object or joining into on-going activity.
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