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标题：Young Children Selectively Imitate Models Conforming to Social Norms
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作者：Oláh, Katalin ; Király, Ildikó
期刊名称：Frontiers in Psychology
电子版ISSN：1664-1078
出版年度：2019
卷号：10
页码：1-8
DOI：10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01399
出版社：Frontiers Media
摘要：This study investigated whether toddlers would selectively imitate a demonstrator who exhibits familiarity with cultural practices in their tool-using habits over a demonstrator who consistently uses tools in an unconventional way. 3-year-old children (n=45) watched videos depicting two models, one of whom performed tool-using actions in a conventional way, while the other model deviated from social conventions. Then, both models introduced a technique to build a tower (differing in one element). Moreover, the context of the demonstration was also manipulated: in one condition, the models expressed their teaching intentions, while in the other, they performed the actions without communicative signals. Children were more willing to copy the actions of the conventionally behaving model, irrespective of the context of the demonstration.
关键词：Social learning; Conventionality; Social categorization; Norms; Imitation