Infants prefer to imitate a reliable person.

摘要: Research has shown that preschoolers prefer to learn from individuals who are a reliable source of information. The current study examined whether the past reliability person's emotional signals influences infants' willingness imitate person. An referencing task was first administered infants in order demonstrate experimenter's credibility or lack thereof. Next, both conditions watched as same experimenter turned on touch light using her forehead. Infants were then given opportunity reproduce this novel action. As expected, unreliable condition developed expectation cues misleading. Thus, these subsequently more likely use their hands than foreheads when attempting turn light. In contrast, group action foreheads. These results suggest model imitation.