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Peer reviewedCarpenter, Malinda; Call, Josep; Tomasello, Michael – Child Development, 2002
This study investigated 2-year-olds' understanding of others' intentions in a social learning context. After seeing a demonstration of how to open a box, children in two "No Prior Intention" conditions were less likely than those in "Prior Intention" conditions to open the box themselves when the adult unsuccessfully tried to open it. Results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comprehension, Familiarity, Imitation
Peer reviewedMeltzoff, Andrew N. – Developmental Psychology, 1995
Two experiments examined whether 40 infants would reenact what an adult did or intended to do: (1) infants observed an adult unsuccessfully attempt to complete 4 target acts; and (2) children observed a mechanical device tracing the adults' actions. Infants could infer adults' intentions and imitate target acts, suggesting that children can…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Structures, Discrimination Learning
