A Note on Selective Imitation by a Six-Week-Old Infant
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To determine whether a 6-week-old infant is capable of imitation, regular observations were made of 1 child's reactions to 4 kinds of parental behavior and it was suggested that the child might be sensitive to the modal properties of the behaviors.
Abstract
GARDNER, JUDITH, and GARDNER, HOWARD. Note on Selective Imitation by a Six-Week-Old Infant. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1970, 41, 1209-1213. To determine whether a 6-week-old infant is capable of imitation, regular observations were made of 1 child's reactions to 4 kinds of parental behavior. Although there was little evidence of direct imitation, the data suggested that the child might be sensitive to the modal properties of the behaviors.