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Subiaul, Francys; Anderson, Sarah; Brandt, Janina; Elkins, Jenny – Developmental Psychology, 2012
Four studies using a computerized paradigm investigated whether children's imitation performance is content-specific and to what extent dependent on other cognitive processes such as trial-and-error learning, recall, and observational learning. Experiment 1 showed that 3-year-olds could successfully imitate what we call novel cognitive rules…
Descriptors: Imitation, Preschool Children, Observational Learning, Recall (Psychology)
Thompson, Doreen E.; Russell, James – Developmental Psychology, 2004
Although observational learning by children may occur through imitating a modeler's actions, it can also occur through learning about an object's dynamic affordances- a process that M. Tomasello (1996) calls "emulation." The relative contributions of imitation and emulation within observational learning were examined in a study with 14- to…
Descriptors: Imitation, Observational Learning, Toddlers, Modeling (Psychology)

Charbonneau, Claude; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1976
Twenty first-graders observed an adult model perform a quantity conservation task. The children were then tested on a series of generalization tasks immediately, after one week, and after three months. The results suggested that the social experience of observation appeared to activate a cognitive restructuring of the children's mental operations.…
Descriptors: Adults, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Conservation (Concept)