The role of social interaction and pedagogical cues for eliciting and reducing overimitation in preschoolers

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-133

  Hoehl, Stefanie ^a   Zettersten, Martin ^a,b   Schleihauf, Hanna ^a   Grätz, Sabine ^a   Pauen, Sabina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Imitation; Natural pedagogy; Norm learning; Overimitation; Preschoolers; Social interaction; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; IMITATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TEACHING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEARNING; MALE; SOCIAL SKILLS; TEACHING;

EID: 84894334689     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2013.12.012     Document Type: Article

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