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Direct linkSweeny, Timothy D.; Wurnitsch, Nicole; Gopnik, Alison; Whitney, David – Developmental Psychology, 2013
Watch any crowded intersection, and you will see how adept people are at reading the subtle movements of one another. While adults can readily discriminate small differences in the direction of a moving person, it is unclear if this sensitivity is in place early in development. Here, we present evidence that 4-year-old children are sensitive to…
Descriptors: Young Children, Physical Activities, Physical Mobility, Child Development
DiYanni, Cara; Kelemen, Deborah – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2008
We present three studies exploring 2- to 4-year-olds' imitation on witnessing a model whose questionable tool use choices suggested her untrustworthiness. In Study 1, children observed the model accidentally select a physically optimal tool for a task and then intentionally reject it for one that was functionally nonaffordant. When asked to…
Descriptors: Cues, Predictor Variables, Imitation, Cognitive Processes
