Journal article
The effect of narrative cues on infants' imitation from television and picture books
Child Development, Vol.82(5), pp.1607-1619
2011
Abstract
Infants can imitate a novel action sequence from television and picture books, yet there has been no direct comparison of infants' imitation from the 2 types of media. Varying the narrative cues available during the demonstration and test, the current experiments measured 18- and 24-month-olds' imitation from television and picture books. Infants imitated from both media types when full narrative cues (Experiment 1; N=76) or empty, meaningless narration (Experiment 2; N=135) accompanied the demonstrations, but they imitated more from television than books. In Experiment 3 (N=27), infants imitated from a book based on narration alone, without the presence of pictures. These results are discussed in relation to age-related changes in cognitive flexibility and infants' emerging symbolic understanding.
Details
- Title
- The effect of narrative cues on infants' imitation from television and picture books
- Authors
- Gabrielle Simcock (Author) - University of QueenslandKara Garrity (Author) - Georgetown University, United StatesRachel Barr (Author) - Georgetown University, United States
- Publication details
- Child Development, Vol.82(5), pp.1607-1619
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.
- Date published
- 2011
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2011.01636.x
- ISSN
- 0009-3920; 0009-3920
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451432002621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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- Web Of Science research areas
- Psychology, Developmental
- Psychology, Educational