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Ryalls, Brigette Oliver; Gul, Robina E.; Ryalls, Kenneth R. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 2000
Studied the imitation behavior of thirty 14- to 18-month-olds using peer and adult models in an elicited imitation paradigm. Indicated significant memory for 3-step behavior sequences both immediately after modeling and 1 week later compared with baseline performance. Found that children in the peer model group outperformed children in the adult…
Descriptors: Adult Child Relationship, Adults, Age Groups, Children