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Direct linkHopper, Lydia M.; Flynn, Emma G.; Wood, Lara A. N.; Whiten, Andrew – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2010
In the first of two experiments, we demonstrate the spread of a novel form of tool use across 20 "cultural generations" of child-to-child transmission. An experimentally seeded technique spread with 100% fidelity along twice as many "generations" as has been investigated in recent exploratory "diffusion" experiments of this type. This contrasted…
Descriptors: Socialization, Population Distribution, Imitation, Observational Learning
Flynn, Emma; Whiten, Andrew – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2008
We investigated developmental changes in the level of information children incorporate into their imitation when a model executes complex, hierarchically organized actions. A total of 57 3-year-olds and 60 5-year-olds participated, watching video demonstrations of an "artificial fruit" box being opened through a complex series of nine different…
Descriptors: Imitation, Child Development, Young Children, Child Behavior
