Imitative learning from a third-party interaction: Relations with self-recognition and perspective taking

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 114-123

  Herold, Katherine H ^a   Akhtar, Nameera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imitation; Perspective taking; Self other equivalence; Self recognition

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMAGINATION; IMITATION; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SELF CONCEPT;

AWARENESS; BODY IMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; PERSONAL CONSTRUCT THEORY; SELF CONCEPT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 51749092417     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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