Going beyond the specifics: Generalization of single actions, but not temporal order, at 9 months

• Type of Material: Article
• Authors: Angela F. Lukowski, University of California, Irvine; Sandra A. Wiebe, University of Nebraska; Patricia Bauer, Emory University
• Language: English
• Date: 2009-06-01
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication Version: Author Accepted Manuscript (After Peer Review)
• Copyright Statement: © 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International
• Final Published Version (URL): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2009.02.004
• Title of Journal or Parent Work: Infant Behavior and Development
• ISSN: 0163-6383
• Volume: 32
• Issue: 3
• Start Page: 331
• End Page: 335
• Grant/Funding Information: This research was supported by a grant from the NICHD (HD-28425) to Patricia J. Bauer; support for Angela F. Lukowski was provided by a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) from NIMH (1 F31 MH072110-02); and support for Sandra A. Wiebe was provided by a National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) fellowship (PGSB-242658-2001).
• Keywords: Infant; Male; Time Factors; Generalization (Psychology); Mental Recall; Psychomotor Performance; Female; Analysis of Variance; Humans; Infant Behavior; Imitative Behavior
• Research Categories: Psychology, Behavioral

Abstract

We examined generalization in 9-month-old infants after a 24-h delay using deferred imitation. Infants flexibly applied their knowledge of sequence actions across changes in props even though they had no opportunity for immediate imitation.