Judicious imitation: Children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions

Child Development

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 395-410

  Schulz, Laura E ^a   Hooppell, Catherine ^a   Jenkins, Adrianna C ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; INFANT; LEARNING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 41149147157     PISSN: 00093920     EISSN: 14678624     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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