Imitation as a learning strategy in the acquisition of vocabulary |
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Authors: | Dianne M Stewart Marshall L Hamilton |
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Affiliation: | Toronto, Ontario Canada;University of Guelph Canada |
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Abstract: | Twenty-four 14- to 30-month-old children observed a model use 20 new words as labels for objects of varied semantic associations. Acquisition of the new words was clear in both elicited and spontaneous imitation by the children and in generalized use of the words. Age was highly and positively correlated with elicited and spontaneous imitation and scores for recognition of the objects associated with the words. Imitation and recognition scores were highest for words associated with food and active objects and low for passive objects and words with no associations. Older children's use of the words immediately after the model's use increased rapidly with the first two presentations, and their use of the words prior to the model's use showed an increasing trend over the series of modeling sessions. Younger children responded at a lower rate. |
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Keywords: | Requests for reprints should be sent to Marshall L. Hamilton Department of Psychology University of Guelph Guelph Ontario Canada. |
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