Interacting Socially with Human Hands at 24 Months of Age

Autor/inn/en	Slaughter, Virginia; Nielsen, Mark; Enchelmaier, Petrina
Titel	Interacting Socially with Human Hands at 24 Months of Age
Quelle	In: Infancy, 13 (2008) 2, S.185-195 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-0008
Schlagwörter	Imitation; Perspective Taking; Infants; Toys; Interaction; Infant Behavior + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Zukunftsperspektive; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Toy; Spielzeug; Interaktion
Abstract	This experiment explored whether or not 2-year-olds would engage in synchronic imitation with human hands. Sixty-four 24-month-old infants participated. In a test of synchronic imitation, infants were given a toy while a model simultaneously performed novel actions on an identical toy. Infants were randomly assigned to 1 of 4 model conditions: a familiar person, an unfamiliar person, disembodied human hands, and disembodied robotic pincers. Infants were as likely to synchronically imitate disembodied hands as a person. Imitation of the pincers was significantly lower. This pattern suggests that 2-year-olds will engage socially with human hands in the absence of the rest of the body. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10