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Direct linkMatheson, Heath; Moore, Chris; Akhtar, Nameera – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2013
From the first year of life, imitative learning readily occurs in contexts where a demonstrator directly interacts with infants (i.e., "interactive contexts"), and at least by 18 months, imitation will also occur in third-party or observational contexts where infants witness a demonstration by another person that is not directed at them. However,…
Descriptors: Socialization, Social Cognition, Imitation, Infants
Gerson, Sarah A.; Woodward, Amanda L. – Cognition, 2012
Understanding the intentional relations in others' actions is critical to human social life. Origins of this knowledge exist in the first year and are a function of both acting as an intentional agent and observing movement cues in actions. We explore a new mechanism we believe plays an important role in infants' understanding of new actions:…
Descriptors: Social Life, Intention, Socialization, Infants
Callaghan, Tara C.; Rochat, Philippe; MacGillivray, Tanya; MacLellan, Crystal – Child Development, 2004
Social precursors to symbolic understanding of pictures were examined with 100 infants ages 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 months. Adults demonstrated 1 of 2 stances toward pictures and objects (contemplative or manipulative), and then gave items to infants for exploration. For pictures, older infants (12, 15, and 18 months) emulated the adult's actions…
Descriptors: Infants, Socialization, Observational Learning, Pictorial Stimuli
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
Download full textHoffman, Martin L. – 1979
The psychoanalytic theory of identification and the cognitive-developmental and social-learning theories of imitation are briefly described. Pertinent empirical research in the following areas is summarized and critically evaluated: imitation in infants, observational learning, clinical use of modeling, and the relation of imitation to aggression,…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Change, Children, Developmental Stages
Peer reviewedRyalls, 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
