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Autor/inn/en | Clegg, Jennifer M.; Legare, Cristine H. |
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Titel | A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Children's Imitative Flexibility |
Quelle | In: Developmental Psychology, 52 (2016) 9, S.1435-1444 (10 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift
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Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0012-1649 |
DOI | 10.1037/dev0000131 |
Schlagwörter | Imitation; Cross Cultural Studies; Comparative Analysis; Children; Child Psychology; Task Analysis; Cultural Differences; Child Behavior; Females; Elementary School Students; Cues; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Regression (Statistics); United States; Vanuatu |
Abstract | Recent research with Western populations has demonstrated that children use imitation flexibly to engage in both instrumental and conventional learning. Evidence for children's imitative flexibility in non-Western populations is limited, however, and has only assessed imitation of instrumental tasks. This study (N = 142, 6- to 8-year-olds) demonstrates both cultural continuity and cultural variation in imitative flexibility. Children engage in higher imitative fidelity for conventional tasks than for instrumental tasks in both an industrialized, Western culture (United States), and a subsistence-based, non-Western culture (Vanuatu). Children in Vanuatu engage in higher imitative fidelity of instrumental tasks than in the United States, a potential consequence of cultural variation in child socialization for conformity. (As Provided). |
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Update | 2020/1/01 |