Imitation in Infancy (Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development, Series Number 1) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521580331 ISBN 13: 9780521580335

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

First published in 1999, this book reviews extensive evidence for babies' innate capacity to imitate.

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Críticas

."..this volume provides a valuable source for any psychologist of psychology student who wishes to undrstand why...contemporary developmentalists regard imitation as a complex and productive cognitive and social phenomenon." APA Review of Books

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First published in 1999, this book brings together the extensive modern evidence for innate imitation in babies. Modern research has shown imitation to be a natural mechanism of learning and communication which deserves to be at centre stage in developmental psychology. Yet the very possibility of imitation in newborn humans has had a controversial history. Defining imitation has proved to be far from straightforward and scientific evidence for its existence in neonates is only now becoming accepted, despite more than a century of enquiry. In this book, some of the world's foremost researchers on imitation and intellectual development review evidence for imitation in newborn babies. They discuss the development of imitation in infancy, in both normal and atypical populations and in comparison with other primate species, stressing the fundamental importance of imitation in human development, as a foundation of communication and a precursor to symbolic processes.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0521580331
• ISBN 13: 9780521580335
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300
• Herausgeber: Nadel Jacqueline, Butterworth George
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
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