All Outputs (3)

Imitation of hierarchical structure versus component details of complex actions by 3- and 5-year-olds (2008)
Journal Article
Flynn, E., & Whiten, A. (2008). Imitation of hierarchical structure versus component details of complex actions by 3- and 5-year-olds. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 101(4), 228-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2008.05.009

We investigated developmental changes in the level of information children incorporate into their imitation when a model executes complex, hierarchically organized actions. A total of 57 3-year-olds and 60 5-year-olds participated, watching video dem... Read More about Imitation of hierarchical structure versus component details of complex actions by 3- and 5-year-olds.

Investigating children as cultural magnets: Do young children transmit redundant information along diffusion chains? (2008)
Journal Article
Flynn, E. (2008). Investigating children as cultural magnets: Do young children transmit redundant information along diffusion chains?. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 363(1509), 3541-3551. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0136

The primary goal of this study was to investigate cultural transmission in young children, with specific reference to the phenomenon of overimitation. Diffusion chains were used to compare the imitation of 2- and 3-year-olds on a task in which the in... Read More about Investigating children as cultural magnets: Do young children transmit redundant information along diffusion chains?.

Cultural transmission of tool use in young children: A diffusion chain study (2008)
Journal Article
Flynn, E., & Whiten, A. (2008). Cultural transmission of tool use in young children: A diffusion chain study. Social Development, 17(3), 699-718. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00453.x

Developmental and gender effects in the transmission of information about a tool-use task were investigated within a ‘diffusion chain’ design. One hundred and twenty-seven children (65 three-year-olds and 62 five-year-olds) participated. Eighty child... Read More about Cultural transmission of tool use in young children: A diffusion chain study.