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Peer Imitation by Toddlers in Laboratory, Home, and Day-Care Contexts: Implications for Social Learning and Memory.
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Hanna, Elizabeth; Meltzoff, Andrew N. – Developmental Psychology, 1993
Three experiments examined peer imitation with 14- to 18-month-old infants in laboratory, home, and day-care settings. After a delay, infants imitated actions performed by trained peers. Found that infants' recall of peers' actions was lower for infants imitating actions at home after a two-day delay than for infants imitating actions in the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Imitation, Infants, Memory
Learning Via Observation during the Second Year of Life.
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Abravanel, Eugene; Gingold, Herbert – Developmental Psychology, 1985
Deferred imitation of object-related actions was studied at two ages, 12 and 18 months, to examine development of competence in observational learning. Three task categories were investigated: simple/single reiterative, and sequentially coordinated actions. Examination of partial successes at both ages was useful for suggesting phases in…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Imitation, Infants