Journal article
Get the picture? the effects of iconicity on toddlers' reenactment from picture books
Developmental Psychology, Vol.42(6), pp.1352-1357
2006
Abstract
What do toddlers learn from everyday picture-book reading interactions? To date, there has been scant research exploring this question. In this study, the authors adapted a standard imitation procedure to examine 18- to 30-month-olds' ability to learn how to reenact a novel action sequence from a picture book. The results provide evidence that toddlers can imitate specific target actions on novel real-world objects on the basis of a picture-book interaction. Children's imitative performance after the reading interaction varied both as a function of age and the level of iconicity of the pictures in the book. These findings are discussed in terms of children's emerging symbolic capacity and the flexibility of the cognitive representation.
Details
- Title
- Get the picture? the effects of iconicity on toddlers' reenactment from picture books
- Authors
- Gabrielle Simcock (Author) - University of QueenslandJudy Deloache (Author) - University of Virginia, United States
- Publication details
- Developmental Psychology, Vol.42(6), pp.1352-1357
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- Date published
- 2006
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.42.6.1352
- ISSN
- 0012-1649; 0012-1649
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451396402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Web Of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental