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Direct linkLittle, Sabrina B. – Theory and Research in Education, 2021
Admiration is often described as having a singular motivational profile -- the disposition to imitate. This article provides a developmental assessment of admiration's action-potential, proposing a series of stages between (1) naïve imitation, a basic mimetic impulse, and (2) non-imitative virtuous actions. The process is marked by an increasing…
Descriptors: Imitation, Prosocial Behavior, Moral Development, Psychological Patterns
