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Direct linkYu, Yue; Kushnir, Tamar – Developmental Psychology, 2014
This study asked whether children's tendency to imitate selectively (ignore causally unnecessary actions) versus faithfully ("overimitate" causally unnecessary actions) varies across ages and social contexts. In the first experiment, 2-year-olds and 4-year-olds were randomly assigned to play 1 of 3 prior games with a demonstrator: a…
Descriptors: Social Environment, Imitation, Puzzles, Toddlers
Peer reviewedTiegerman, Ellen Morris; Primavera, Louis – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 1981
The research compared the effect of three play procedures upon the frequency and duration of object manipulation by six autistic children (four to six years old). The interaction procedure, in which the experimenter imitated both the material and the method of play chosen by the autistic child, resulted in greater frequency and duration of object…
Descriptors: Autism, Imitation, Interaction, Object Manipulation
