When efficiency attenuates imitation in preschool children.

Children recognise the social value of imitation but do not opt for tools that are 'normative' if they are also dysfunctional. We investigated whether children would replicate a normative method in a tool‐learning task if it was instrumentally functional but less efficient than an alternative. Four‐...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Developmental Psychology Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 330 - 338
Autores principales: Fong, Frankie T. K., Imuta, Kana, Redshaw, Jonathan, Nielsen, Mark
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts randomized controlled trial Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2021
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