The influence of model status on the tendency of young children to over-imitate

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 962-969

  McGuigan, Nicola ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High status model; Low status model; Over imitation; Rank ordered copying; Social learning; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HIGH-STATUS MODEL; HUMAN; IMITATION; LOW-STATUS MODEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVER-IMITATION; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANK-ORDERED COPYING; SOCIAL LEARNING; TRUST;

HIGH-STATUS MODEL; LOW-STATUS MODEL; OVER-IMITATION; RANK-ORDERED COPYING; SOCIAL LEARNING; TRUST;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84885380367     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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