PSYC-281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Observational Learning, Verbal Behavior, 18 Months
7 Mar 2020
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Walked in to the environment and adjust the behaviour appropriate. We adjust our behaviour to social situations. Imitation first skill we teach kids, need to learn this skill before you start doing something (start imitating language) typically developing kids do it all the time. Imitation is a pivotal skill foundational to learn naturally from our environment. Generalized imitation: the tendency to imitate new modeled behaviour with no specific reinforcement delivered for the demonstration. Imitation is a behaviour controlled by any physical movement that serves as a novel model excluding vocal-verbal behaviour, has formal similarity with the model (e. g. , within seconds of the model presentation). An imitated behaviour is a new behaviour emitted following a novel antecedent event. Probably. if animals do not have the ability to imitate, the conversation with koko wouldn"t have happen. Pivotal behaviour behaviour that we teach someone (like a sign language)
