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Eckerman, Carol O.; Whitehead, Harriet – Early Education and Development, 1999
Tested a proposed developmental pathway for toddlers' mastery of skills in generating non-ritualized forms of cooperative coordinated action with peers. Studied nonverbal imitative acts among U.S. toddlers and toddlers of the Seltaman people of Papua New Guinea. Found that ready imitation of one another emerged during the same developmental period…
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies