Generalization of deferred imitation during the first year of life

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 297-318

  Learmonth, Amy E ^a   Lamberth, Rebecca ^a   Rovee Collier, Carolyn ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acquired equivalence; Context; Deferred imitation; Generalization; Infant memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; VIDEORECORDING;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; MALE; MEMORY; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 3242879373     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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