Variations in 10-month-old infant imitation of people and things

Autor(en)
Maria Legerstee, Gabriela Markova
Abstrakt

To explore 10-month-old infants' abilities to engage in intentional imitation, they were shown a human agent, a non-human agent (stuffed animal), and a surrogate object (mechanical pincers) model actions on objects. The tendency of infants to perform the target act was compared in several situations: (a) after test items were manipulated but the target action was not shown, (b) after the target act was demonstrated successfully, and (c) after the target act was demonstrated unsuccessfully. Although infants imitated the successful actions of human and non-human agents, they completed the unsuccessful actions of humans only. Toward the surrogate object infants did not respond differentially. These findings suggest that although infant may mimic the actions of human and non-human agents, they only engage in intentional imitation with people.

Organisation(en)
Externe Organisation(en)
York University
Journal
Infant Behavior and Development
Band
31
Seiten
81-91
Anzahl der Seiten
11
ISSN
0163-6383
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2007.07.006
Publikationsdatum
01-2008
Peer-reviewed
Ja
ÖFOS 2012
501005 Entwicklungspsychologie
Schlagwörter
Link zum Portal
https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/de/publications/variations-in-10monthold-infant-imitation-of-people-and-things(37547969-f77b-4e05-967a-a8309d40f972).html