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Kiraly, Ildiko – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2009
This study demonstrated selective "rational" imitation in infants in two testing conditions: in the presence or absence of the model during the response phase. In the study, 14-month-olds were more likely to imitate a tool-use behavior when a prior failed attempt emphasized the logical reason and relevance of introducing this novel means, making…
Descriptors: Cues, Testing, Imitation, Observational Learning
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Hopper, Lydia M.; Flynn, Emma G.; Wood, Lara A. N.; Whiten, Andrew – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
In the first of two experiments, we demonstrate the spread of a novel form of tool use across 20 "cultural generations" of child-to-child transmission. An experimentally seeded technique spread with 100% fidelity along twice as many "generations" as has been investigated in recent exploratory "diffusion" experiments of this type. This contrasted…
Descriptors: Socialization, Population Distribution, Imitation, Observational Learning
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Klass, Ellen Tobey – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Investigates how the experimentally manipulated sincerity of models affects their influence, by using a delay-of-reward paradigm. Subjects were 40 fifth and sixth grade children. (MP)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary School Students, Modeling (Psychology), Models
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Morgulas, Susan; Zimmerman, Barry J. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1979
Tests the hypothesis that there is a relationship between children's comprehension of a syntactic form and the effectiveness of modeling in promoting imitation of that form. Subjects were 71 four- and five-year-old children. (Author/MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comprehension, Imitation, Learning Processes