Reenactment of televised content by 2-year olds: Toddlers use language learned from television to solve a difficult imitation problem
Reenactment of televised content by 2-year olds: Toddlers use language learned from television to solve a difficult imitation problem
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DOI:
10.1016/j.infbeh.2008.04.006
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发表时间:
2008-12-01
影响因子:
2.1
通讯作者:
Wyss, Nancy
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作者:
Barr, Rachel;Wyss, Nancy
Parents commonly label objects on television and for some programs, verbal labels are also provided directly via voice-over. The present study investigated whether toddlers' imitation performance from television would be facilitated if verbal labels were presented on television via voice-over or if they were presented by parents who were co-viewing with their toddlers. Sixty-one 2-year olds were randomly assigned to one of four experimental groups (voice-over video, parent video, parent video no label, parent live) or to a baseline control condition. Toddlers were tested with novel objects after a 24 h delay. Although, all experimental groups imitated significantly more target actions than the baseline control group, imitation was facilitated by novel labels regardless of whether those labels were provided by parents or by voice-over on television. These findings have important implications for toddler learning from television. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.