IMITATION
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1617 ▶ |
| Object type | Human sciences, Epistemology, ontology or semantics |
Acquisition of a model for behavior by perception of the behavior of another organism (after D.T. CAMPBELL, 1961, p.18).
Imitation is also, obviously a mode of social learning.
Not only people, but also many animals acquire some typical behavior by imitation, which is generally basic for most of the process of learning. E. CURIO even managed to induce sequential imitation among blackbirds, of an initially conditioned behavior in a first bird of the group (L.A. DUGATKIN, 2000, p.55).
Simple imitation of some specific behavior is not sufficient however to explain transmission of culture (H. PLOTKIN, 2000, p.60). But this transmission supposes such individual and elemental steps as a first basic repeated process covering the acquisition of the numerous correlated traits that make up a culture .
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Time binding