Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2007.
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| author | Hooppell, Catherine Amanda Jane |
| author2 | Lara Schulz. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/422262019-04-09T16:34:32Z Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions Differential imitation Hooppell, Catherine Amanda Jane Lara Schulz. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 43-46). Three studies look at whether the assumption of causal determinism (the assumption that all else being equal, causes generate effects deterministically) affects children's imitation of modeled actions. We show that, even when the frequency of an effect is matched, both preschoolers and toddlers imitate actions more faithfully when modeled actions are deterministically rather than probabilistically effective. A third study suggests that preschoolers' imitation is affected, not just by whether the agent's goal is satisfied but also by whether the action is a reliable means to the goal. Children's tendency to generate variable responses to probabilistically effective modeled actions could support causal learning. by Catherine Amanda Jane Hooppell. S.M. 2008-09-03T15:00:05Z 2008-09-03T15:00:05Z 2007 2007 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42226 230959668 eng M.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 49 leaves application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Brain and Cognitive Sciences. Hooppell, Catherine Amanda Jane Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions |
| title | Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions |
| title_full | Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions |
| title_fullStr | Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions |
| title_short | Judicious imitation : children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions |
| title_sort | judicious imitation children differentially imitate deterministically and probabilistically effective actions |
| topic | Brain and Cognitive Sciences. |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42226 |
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