Effects of Vicarious Consequences and Model and Experimenter Sex on Imitative Behavior in First-Grade Children.

Garrett, Candace S.; Cunningham, Donald J.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Effects of Vicarious Consequences and Model and Experimenter Sex on Imitative Behavior in First-Grade Children

Garrett, Candace S.; Cunningham, Donald J.

Journal of Educational Psychology, 66, 6, 940-47, Dec 74

Results indicate that reward and ignore conditions were not different but both yielded higher imitative scores than the punishment condition; same-sex models yielded higher imitation scores than opposite-sex models; lowest imitation scores were obtained by children exposed to a male experimenter and a female model. (Author/BJG)

Descriptors: Behavior Change, Elementary Education, Identification (Psychology), Imitation, Negative Reinforcement, Observational Learning, Positive Reinforcement, Role Models, Sex Role, Social Development

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