Does Object Modeling Elicit Imitative-Like Gestures from Young Infants?.

Abravanel, Eugene; DeYong, Nanette G.

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ERIC Number: EJ433415

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Publication Date: 1991

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Does Object Modeling Elicit Imitative-Like Gestures from Young Infants?

Abravanel, Eugene; DeYong, Nanette G.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v52 n1 p22-40 Aug 1991

Infants averaging 5 weeks and 12 weeks of age were presented with object models and a live model to determine whether infants reliably responded to the models with movement-matching facial gestures. Object models produced no reliable elicitation of gestures, but the live model increased the incidence of gestures among infants of five weeks. (SH)

Descriptors: Conditioning, Developmental Stages, Infants, Modeling (Psychology), Motor Reactions, Visual Stimuli

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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