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Hopper, Marianne – Urban Life, 1977
Studies the shifts in perspective that take place as young men move from the status of private citizens to that of probationary police officers. (Author)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Job Training, Males
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Atyeo, Marilyn J. – Journal of Educational Research, 1972
An adult model (teacher) displayed a preference for the doll least selected by the children in her classroom. Indications were that children in the experimental classes imitated the preference of their teacher in selecting their favorite doll at the completion of the experimental period. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Imitation, Models, Observational Learning
Nadel, Jacqueline, Ed.; Butterworth, George, Ed. – 1999
Modern research has suggested that imitation is a natural mechanism of learning and communication, yet the possibility of imitation in newborn humans has been controversial. This book looks at evidence for innate imitation in babies. The chapters in the first section of the book reassess the Piagetian tradition, especially concerning the relation…
Descriptors: Autism, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Communication Research
Greenberg, Stu – 1976
Approximately 1,500 published and unpublished books and articles are listed in this bibliography on the broad area of observational learning in children which includes modeling, imitation, and vicarious conditioning. The majority of sources listed are dated from the 1960's and 1970's although some date as far back as the 1930's. Research in such…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Bibliographies
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Khan, Kanwar Habib; Cangemi, Joseph P. – Education, 1979
The paper defines and discusses various social learning theories. Central to most theories of how an individual acquires socially acceptable behaviors are the processes of imitation, or observational learning, and identification, or modeling. The effectiveness of each process is noted. (SB)
Descriptors: Behavior Development, Behavior Patterns, Cultural Differences, Identification (Psychology)