Learning the Rules: Observation and Imitation of a Sorting Strategy by 36-Month-Old Children

Autor/inn/en	Williamson, Rebecca A.; Jaswal, Vikram K.; Meltzoff, Andrew N.
Titel	Learning the Rules: Observation and Imitation of a Sorting Strategy by 36-Month-Old Children
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 1, S.57-65 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0017473
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Observation; Classification; Auditory Perception; Visual Perception; Imitation; Control Groups; Abstract Reasoning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Beobachtung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Auditive Wahrnehmung; Akustische Wahrnehmung; Akustik; Visuelle Wahrnehmung; Abstraktes Denken; Denken
Abstract	Two experiments were used to investigate the scope of imitation by testing whether 36-month-olds can learn to produce a categorization strategy through observation. After witnessing an adult sort a set of objects by a visible property (their color; Experiment 1) or a nonvisible property (the particular sounds produced when the objects were shaken; Experiment 2), children showed significantly more sorting by those dimensions relative to children in control groups, including a control in which children saw the sorted endstate but not the intentional sorting demonstration. The results show that 36-month-olds can do more than imitate the literal behaviors they see; they also abstract and imitate rules that they see another person use. (Contains 3 tables, 4 figures and 1 footnote.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10