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Peer reviewedKniveton, Bromley H. – Educational Studies, 1986
Investigates the extent to which family background (number of siblings and birth order) interacts with a willingness to copy aggressive behavior of others among 36 boys between 60 and 68 months old. Concludes that those from larger families were more willing aggressors and that birth order did not affect imitation. (JDH)
Descriptors: Aggression, Classrooms, Imitation, Modeling (Psychology)
Download full textRoberts, Michael C. – 1977
Only recently have imitation researchers turned their attention to the effects on the model of being imitated by observers. This report outlines and reviews the findings of research in the developing paradigms. Four paradigms into the effects of being imitated are examined briefly: (1) operant strengthening paradigm; (2) classical conditioning…
Descriptors: Adults, Behavior Patterns, Children, Empathy
