Infants' selective imitation of a transitive agent and an intransitive agent.
Cognitive development
Epistemic trust
Imitation
Infancy
Social cognition
Transitivity
Journal
Journal of experimental child psychology
ISSN: 1096-0457
Titre abrégé: J Exp Child Psychol
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 2985128R
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
12 2022
12 2022
Historique:
received:
17
07
2021
revised:
03
07
2022
accepted:
07
07
2022
pubmed:
7
8
2022
medline:
30
8
2022
entrez:
6
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This study examined how the reliability (i.e., transitivity) of an agent's object choices affects 16-month-old infants' (N = 48) imitation of her unconventional way of turning on a touch light box with her head when her hands were available. When the agent made transitive choices (i.e., she chose Object A over Object B, Object B over Object C, and then A over C), infants imitated her head touch actions. When the agent made intransitive choices (i.e., after choosing A over B and B over C, she chose C over A), infants were more likely to use only their hands to touch the light box. In addition, when it was presumably difficult for infants to judge the transitivity of the agent's choices (i.e., she chose B over C, A over B, and then A over C), they used their hands more. These results demonstrate that infants' understanding informs their decisions to selectively imitate others' specific ways to act on novel artifacts, consistent with young children's selective trust in information provided by other people based on their epistemic reliability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35932639
pii: S0022-0965(22)00146-1
doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2022.105517
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
105517Informations de copyright
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