Selective Imitation of In-Group Over Out-Group Members in 14-Month-Old Infants
Selective Imitation of In-Group Over Out-Group Members in 14-Month-Old Infants
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DOI：
10.1111/j.1467-8624.2012.01860.x
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发表时间：
2013-03-01
影响因子：
4.6
通讯作者：
Carpenter, Malinda
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作者：
Buttelmann, David;Zmyj, Norbert;Carpenter, Malinda
最近的研究表明，婴儿更有可能与群体内成员交往，而不是群体外成员。然而，尚不清楚婴儿的学习是否受到模特群体成员的影响。本研究调查了14月龄婴儿（N=66）是否有选择性地模仿和采纳群体内成员和群体外成员的偏好。婴儿观看一个成年人用母语（小组内）或用外语（小组外）讲故事。然后，成人展示一个新动作（模仿任务），并从两个物体中选择一个（偏好任务）。婴儿在偏好任务中没有表现出选择性，但他们比外群体模型更忠实地模仿内群体模型。这表明，文化学习在14个月大的时候开始真正成为文化学习。
Recent research has shown that infants are more likely to engage with in-group over out-group members. However, it is not known whether infants' learning is influenced by a model's group membership. This study investigated whether 14-month-olds (N=66) selectively imitate and adopt the preferences of in-group versus out-group members. Infants watched an adult tell a story either in their native language (in-group) or a foreign language (out-group). The adult then demonstrated a novel action (imitation task) and chose 1 of 2 objects (preference task). Infants did not show selectivity in the preference task, but they imitated the in-group model more faithfully than the out-group model. This suggests that cultural learning is beginning to be truly cultural by 14months of age.