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Stewart, Dianne M.; Hamilton, Marshall L. – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 1976
Twenty-four 14- and 30-month-old children observed a model use 20 new words as labels for objects of varied semantic associations. Age was highly and positively correlated with elicited and spontaneous imitation and scores for recognition of the objects associated with the words. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Imitation, Learning, Observational Learning