DEFERRED IMITATION

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N., Pam M.S.
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Imitating an act some time after it happened. Proposed by Jean Piaget and first seen at around 18 months old.

DEFERRED IMITATION: "Children use deferred imitation as a way of learning."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. LITERALISM
  2. MORALITY OF CONSTRAINT
  3. MORALITY OF COOPERATION
  4. PIAGET, JEAN
  5. MENTAL COMBINATION
  6. GENERALIZING ASSIMILATION
  7. VERTICAL DECALAGE
  8. PREMORAL STAGE 1
  9. OPERATIONAL THOUGHT
  10. GENEVA SCHOOL OF GENETIC PSYCHOLOGY
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "DEFERRED IMITATION," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/deferred-imitation/ (accessed October 27, 2020).
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