How Toddler Peers Generate Coordinated Action: A Cross-Cultural Exploration.

Eckerman, Carol O.; Whitehead, Harriet

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Publication Date: 1999

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How Toddler Peers Generate Coordinated Action: A Cross-Cultural Exploration.

Eckerman, Carol O.; Whitehead, Harriet

Early Education and Development, v10 n3 p241-66 Jul 1999

Tested a proposed developmental pathway for toddlers' mastery of skills in generating non-ritualized forms of cooperative coordinated action with peers. Studied nonverbal imitative acts among U.S. toddlers and toddlers of the Seltaman people of Papua New Guinea. Found that ready imitation of one another emerged during the same developmental period among Seltaman and U.S. toddlers. (JS)

Descriptors: Behavior Development, Child Behavior, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences, Foreign Countries, Games, Imitation, Interpersonal Relationship, Observational Learning, Peer Relationship, Play, Social Behavior, Social Development, Toddlers

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Papua New Guinea

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