IMMEDIATE AND DEFERRED IMITATION IN 14-MONTH-OLD AND 24-MONTH-OLD INFANTS
IMMEDIATE AND DEFERRED IMITATION IN 14-MONTH-OLD AND 24-MONTH-OLD INFANTS
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1467-8624.1985.tb00086.x
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
MELTZOFF, AN
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作者:
MELTZOFF, AN
A laboratory procedure is developed that can be used to assess imitation in the 2nd yr of life. The procedure used a blind scoring technique and incorporates control condtions to distinguish infant imitation from spontaneous production of the target behavior. The procedure is used in 2 experiments evaluating the imitation of a simple action with a novel toy. The experiments assess both immediate and deferred imitation in each of 2 age groups, 14-mo.-olds and 2-yr-olds. The deferred imitation task involved a 24-h delay between the modeling and response periods. There was strong evidence that 2-yr-old infants could perform both the immediate and deferred imitation tasks. Fourteen-month-old could succeed in both tasks. The discussion considers the implications of the deferred imitation results in light of current data and theorizing concerning representational capacities and long-term memory in infancy.