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Williamson, Rebecca A.; Meltzoff, Andrew N.; Markman, Ellen M. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Children are selective and flexible imitators. They combine their own prior experiences and the perceived causal efficacy of the model to determine whether and what to imitate. In Experiment 1, children were randomly assigned to have either a difficult or an easy experience achieving a goal. They then saw an adult use novel means to achieve the…
Descriptors: Imitation, Young Children, Prior Learning, Success
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Deary, Ian J. – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Tested three competing structural equation models concerning auditory inspection time (AIT) and cognitive ability. Found that auditory inspection times near age 11 correlate most strongly with later high IQ. (ET)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attribution Theory, Auditory Perception, Causal Models