Viewing Imitation as Child Responsiveness: A Link between Teaching and Discipline Domains of Socialization.

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Title: Viewing Imitation as Child Responsiveness: A Link between Teaching and Discipline Domains of Socialization.
Language: English
Authors: Kochanska, Grazyna, Forman, David R.
Source: Developmental Psychology. Mar 2001 37(2):198-206.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 9
Publication Date: 2001
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Compliance (Psychology), Cooperation, Discipline, Imitation, Longitudinal Studies, Mothers, Parent Child Relationship, Parents as Teachers, Sex Differences, Socialization, Theories, Toddlers
ISSN: 0012-1649
Abstract: Observed toddlers' imitation and responses to maternal control. Found that girls imitated more than boys. Responsive imitation measures were coherent and longitudinally stable, and correlated significantly with responsiveness to maternal control. Suggested that a young child's willingness to imitate parent in a teaching context and to comply in a control context reflects a responsive stance toward parent socialization. (Author/KB)
Entry Date: 2001
Accession Number: EJ628462
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Observed toddlers' imitation and responses to maternal control. Found that girls imitated more than boys. Responsive imitation measures were coherent and longitudinally stable, and correlated significantly with responsiveness to maternal control. Suggested that a young child's willingness to imitate parent in a teaching context and to comply in a control context reflects a responsive stance toward parent socialization. (Author/KB)
ISSN:0012-1649