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THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMITATION BY REINFORCING BEHAVIORAL SIMILARITY TO A MODEL1

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Baer, Donald M., Peterson, Robert F., Sherman, James A.·1967·Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
DOI 10.1901/jeab.1967.10-405
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This research demonstrated some of the conditions under which retarded children can be taught to imitate the actions of adults. Before the experiment, the subjects were without spontaneous imitative behavior, either vocal or motor. Each subject was taught, with food as reinforcement, a series of responses identical to responses demonstrated by an experimenter; i.e., each response was reinforced only if it was identical to a prior demonstration by an experimenter. Initially, intensive shaping was required to establish matching responses by the subjects. In the course of acquiring a variety of such responses, the subjects' probability of immediate imitation of each new demonstration, before direct training, greatly increased. Later in the study, certain new imitations, even though perfect, were never reinforced; yet as long as some imitative responses were reinforced, all remained at high strength. This imitativeness was then used to establish initial verbal repertoires in two subjects.

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Authors
Baer, D. M., Peterson, R. F., & Sherman, J. A.
Venue
Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
1967-09
Volume
10
Issue
5
Pages
405-416
ISSN
  • 0022-5002 (ISSN-L)
  • 1938-3711
DOI
10.1901/jeab.1967.10-405
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References
10
FWCI
23.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Baer, D. M., Peterson, R. F., & Sherman, J. A. (1967). THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMITATION BY REINFORCING BEHAVIORAL SIMILARITY TO A MODEL1. Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1901/jeab.1967.10-405

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