The Problem of Imitation

Aronfreed, Justin

doi:10.1016/s0065-2407(08)60430-9

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“…Investigators (Aronfreed 1969;Flanders 1968) have become increasingly aware that imitation is not a unitary act but a complex interaction of mental processing and social/motivational demands. In order to imitate the behavior of a model, an observer must abstract the relevant features of the modeled act and transpose them into his own motor system.…”

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The Relationship between Ability Level and Task Difficulty in Producing Imitation in Infants

Harnick¹

1978

Child Development

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The Relationship between Ability Level and Task Difficulty in Producing Imitation in Infants

Harnick¹

1978

Child Development

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“…Imitation.-Because action and entities are one, only behaviors within the infant's repertoire will be imitated, a phenomenon that Piaget (1962) called "pseudoimitation" andAronfreed (1969) termed "social facilitation." Several investigators (Brazelton & Young 1964;Gardner & Gardner 1970;Maratos 1973;Moore & Meltzoff 1975) have observed pseudoimitation of tongue protrusion, vocalization, and simple limb movements within the first month of life, but to the authors' knowledge no evidence exists that a behavior not currently in the infant's repertoire will be imitated before 7 months.…”

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Transitions in Early Mental Development

McCall¹,

Eichorn²,

Hogarty³

et al. 1977

Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development

211

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“…During this period, the issue of learning by the example of others (imitative learning) has also been investigated extensively, and a substantial body of knowledge based on experimental findings has emerged (e.g., Aronfreed, 1969;Bandura, 1969a;Flanders, 1968;Thelen & Rennie, 1972). Imitative learning is also referred to variously as modeling, vicarious learning, identificatory learning, and learning through observation.…”

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