Abstract
HARNICK, FRANCES S. The Relationship between Ability Level and Task Difficulty in Producing Imitation in Infants. CHILD DEVELOPMENT, 1978, 49, 209-212. This study investigated the relationship between task difficulty and ability level as a factor in producing imitative behavior in infants. 28 toddlers, ranging in age from 14 to 28 months, participated in the study. A female model performed irrelevant and task-related behaviors for problems of increasing difficulty. The results indicated that the infants imitated the irrelevant behaviors if the task was of moderate
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