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rational imitation: a standalone construct

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Cognitive development

infants' selective copying of a model's unusual action only when no situational constraint explains why the model chose it, showing inference about the model's reasons.

In cognitive development, rational imitation refers to infants' selective copying of a model's unusual action only when no situational constraint explains why the model chose it, showing inference about the model's reasons. This meaning comes from Gergely (2002) in Nature.[1]

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References

Gergely, G., Bekkering, H., & Király, I. (2002). Rational imitation in preverbal infants. Nature, 415(6873), 755-755. https://doi.org/10.1038/415755a

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