Fourteen through 18-month-old infants differentially imitate intentional and accidental actions
Fourteen through 18-month-old infants differentially imitate intentional and accidental actions
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DOI：
10.1016/s0163-6383(98)90009-1
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发表时间：
1998-01-01
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Tomasello, M
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作者：
Carpenter, M;Akhtar, N;Tomasello, M
这项研究探讨了婴儿区分他人的意外和故意行为的能力及其再现倾向。20个14到18个月大的孩子观看一个成年人对物体进行一系列两步动作，这些动作产生了有趣的结果。一些模仿的动作被口头标记为故意的（“在那里！），有些被标记为意外的声音（“哎呀！").在每次演示之后，婴儿都有机会让自己的结果发生。总的来说，婴儿模仿成年人有意行为的次数几乎是成年人无意行为的两倍。因此，18个月之前的婴儿可能会对其他人的意图有所了解。这一理解体现了;这是婴儿迈向成人社会认知的第一步，也是他们习得语言和其他文化技能的基础。
This study explored infants' ability to discriminate between, and their tendency to reproduce, the accidental and intentional actions of others. Twenty 14- through 18-month-olds watched an adult perform a series of two-step actions on objects that made interesting results occur. Some of the modeled actions were marked vocally as intentional ("There!"), some were marked vocally as accidental ("Woops!"). Following each demonstration, infants were given a chance to make the result occur themselves. Overall, infants imitated almost twice as many of the adult's intentional actions as her accidental ones. infants before age 18 months thus may understand something about the intentions of other persons. This understanding represent; infants' first step toward adult-like social cognition and underlies their acquisition of language and other cultural skills.