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ERIC Number: EJ651004
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Publication Date: 2002
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Generalized Imitation within Three Response Classes in Typically Developing Infants.
Poulson, Claire L.; Kyparissos, Nicholas; Andreatos, Maria; Kymissis, Effie; Parnes, Marie
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v81 n3 p341-57 Mar 2002
Analyzed effects of modeling and contingent praise on infant imitation of three responses: motor-with-toy, motor-without-toy, or vocal. Found a systematic increase in the percentages of training and probe models matched by the three 12- to 14-month-olds following introduction of model-and-praise treatment conditions. Nonmatching responses did not systematically increase. Thus, imitation generalized within response class, but not across response classes. (Author/KB)
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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