The Effect of Narrative Cues on Infants’ Imitation From Television and Picture Books

• Autores: Gabrielle Simcock, Kara Garrity Liebeskind, Rachel Barr
• Localización: Child development, ISSN 0009-3920, Vol. 82, Nº. 5, 2011, págs. 1607-1619
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Infants can imitate a novel action sequence from television and picture books, yet there has been no direct comparison of infants’ imitation from the 2 types of media. Varying the narrative cues available during the demonstration and test, the current experiments measured 18- and 24-month-olds’ imitation from television and picture books. Infants imitated from both media types when full narrative cues (Experiment 1; N = 76) or empty, meaningless narration (Experiment 2; N = 135) accompanied the demonstrations, but they imitated more from television than books. In Experiment 3 (N = 27), infants imitated from a book based on narration alone, without the presence of pictures. These results are discussed in relation to age-related changes in cognitive flexibility and infants’ emerging symbolic understanding.