The cognitive structure of goal emulation during the preschool years

The British Journal of Developmental Psychology
Francys SubiaulRachel Barr

Abstract

Humans excel at mirroring both others' actions (imitation) as well as others' goals and intentions (emulation). As most research has focused on imitation, here we focus on how social and asocial learning predict the development of goal emulation. We tested 215 preschool children on two social conditions (imitation, emulation) and two asocial conditions (trial-and-error and recall) using two touch screen tasks. The tasks involved responding to either three different pictures in a specific picture order (Cognitive: apple→boy→cat) or three identical pictures in a specific spatial order (Motor-Spatial: up→down→right). Generalized linear models demonstrated that during the preschool years, Motor-Spatial emulation is associated with social and asocial learning, while cognitive emulation is associated only with social learning, including motor-spatial emulation and multiple forms of imitation. This result contrasts with those from a previous study using this same data set showing that motor-spatial and cognitive imitation were neither associated with one another nor, generally, predicted by other forms of social or asocial learning. Together, these results suggests that while developmental changes in imitation are associated with mult...Continue Reading

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Feb 13, 2016·The British Journal of Developmental Psychology·Kimberly Cuevas, Markus Paulus
Jul 12, 2016·Behavioral Sciences·Francys Subiaul
Aug 4, 2018·PloS One·Elizabeth RennerFrancys Subiaul
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