Journal article
Viewing Imitation as Child Responsiveness: A Link Between Teaching and Discipline Domains of Socialization
Developmental psychology, Vol.37(2), pp.198-206
03/2001
DOI: 10.1037/0012-1649.37.2.198
PMID: 11269388
Abstract
The authors observed 106 children's imitation and responses to
maternal control at 14 and 22 months. Imitation was observed in a
teaching task in which mothers modeled 3 standard pretend-play
sequences. Responses to control were observed in typical discipline
contexts. Girls imitated more than boys. Responsive imitation
measures were coherent and longitudinally stable and correlated significantly
with responsiveness to maternal control. The authors propose that a
young child's willingness to imitate his or her parent in a teaching
context and to comply in a control context both reflect a responsive or
receptive stance toward parental socialization. The consistency of
children's responsiveness across contexts has implications for both
sociomoral and cognitive development.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Viewing Imitation as Child Responsiveness: A Link Between Teaching and Discipline Domains of Socialization
- Creators
- David R Forman - Department of Psychology, University of IowaGrazyna Kochanska - Department of Psychology, University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Developmental psychology, Vol.37(2), pp.198-206
- Publisher
- American Psychological Association
- DOI
- 10.1037/0012-1649.37.2.198
- PMID
- 11269388
- ISSN
- 0012-1649
- eISSN
- 1939-0599
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 03/2001
- Academic Unit
- Psychological and Brain Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984213427902771
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