Abstract
Mother was paired with her 1-year-old child. Forty-nine pairs were closely observed during their make-believe play; their behavior was videotaped and fed into computer. Then, files of 5-s segments were made to keep records of the time when respective slots appeared. Then, the script with largest varieties of slots was chosen to study comparatively the mother-and-child pairs as to the appearance of slots and the nature of slots whether they are spontaneous, receptive or imitative. Analysis was also made on the slots of child playing eating and/or drinking, which occupied the major parts of their acts, in relation to his/her mother's slots.
The following results were obtained :
1) The slots where children were playing eating and drinking were prevalent, while mothers were seen encouraging children or helping them structure the scripts.
2) It is clear that mothers had predominant influence over children in structuring the scripts.
3) It is also clear that mothers encouraged and forced the children's actions.
