Imitate or Innovate? Children’s Innovation is Influenced by the Efficacy of Observed Behaviour
(2015)
Journal Article
Carr, K., Kendal, R., & Flynn, E. (2015). Imitate or Innovate? Children’s Innovation is Influenced by the Efficacy of Observed Behaviour. Cognition, 142, 322-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.005
This study investigated the age at which children judge it futile to imitate unreliable information, in the form of a visibly ineffective demonstrated solution, and deviate to produce novel solutions (‘innovations’). Children aged 4–9 years were pres... Read More about Imitate or Innovate? Children’s Innovation is Influenced by the Efficacy of Observed Behaviour.