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Phillips, Brenda; Seston, Rebecca; Kelemen, Deborah – Child Development, 2012
Prior research has found that toddlers will form enduring artifact categories after direct exposure to an adult using a novel tool. Four studies explored whether 2- (N = 48) and 3-year-olds (N = 32) demonstrate this same capacity when learning by eavesdropping. After surreptitiously observing an adult use 1 of 2 artifacts to operate a bell via a…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Adults, Familiarity, Observational Learning