The relationship between attention and deferred imitation in 12-month-old infants |
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| Institution: | 1. Institute of Psychology, TU University of Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany;2. Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany;3. Department of Psychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland;1. Graduate School of Human–Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;2. Faculty of Human–Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan;1. Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA;2. Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL 61820, USA;3. Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M6H 3G1, Canada;1. Department of Psychology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel;2. Department of Psychology, Virginia Tech, 109 Williams Hall (0436), Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA;1. Department of Speech and Hearing Science, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA;2. Department of Anthropology, Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA;3. National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA;4. Department of Psychology, Georgetown University, Washington, DC 20057, USA;5. Institute for Neuroscience and Mind-Brain Institute, The George Washington University, USA |
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| Abstract: | Imitation is a frequent behavior in the first years of life, and serves both a social function (e.g., to interact with others) and a cognitive function (e.g., to learn a new skill). Infants differ in their temperament, and temperament might be related to the dominance of one function of imitation. In this study, we investigated whether temperament and deferred imitation are related in 12-month-old infants. Temperament was measured via the Infant Behavior Questionnaire Revised (IBQ-R) and parts of the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB). Deferred imitation was measured via the Frankfurt Imitation Test for 12-month-olds (FIT-12). Regression analyses revealed that the duration of orienting (IBQ-R) and the latency of the first look away in the Task Orientation task (Lab-TAB) predicted the infants’ imitation score. These results suggest that attention-related processes may play a major role when infants start to imitate. |
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| Keywords: | Infants Deferred imitation Deferred imitation Temperament Attention |
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