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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Summary |
A state-of-the-art view of imitation from leading researchers in neuroscience and brain imaging, animal and developmental psychology, primatology, ethology, philosophy, anthropology, media studies, economics, sociology, education, and law.Leading researchers across a range of disciplines provide a state-of-the-art view of imitation, integrating the latest findings and theories with reviews of seminal work, and revealing why imitation is a topic of such intense current scientific interest. |
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Introduction: The Importance of Imitation; I Imitation and Human Development; 1 Imitation and Other Minds: The ''Like Me'' Hypothesis; 2 Imitation, Mind Reading, and Simulation; 3 Intentional Agents Like Myself; 4 No Compelling Evidence to Dispute Piaget's Timetable of the Development of Representational Imitation in Infancy; 5 Intention Reading and Imitative Learning; 6 On Learning What Not to Do: The Emergence of Selective Imitation in Tool Use by Young Children; 7 Imitation as Entrainment: Brain Mechanisms and Social Consequences |
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8 Commentary and Discussion on Imitation and Human DevelopmentII Imitation and Culture; 9 Why We Are Social Animals: The High Road to Imitation as Social Glue; 10 Deceptive Mimicry in Humans; 11 What Effects Does the Treatment of Violence in the Mass Media Have on People's Conduct? A Controversy Reconsidered; 12 Imitation and the Effects of Observing Media Violence on Behavior; 13 Imitation and Moral Development; 14 Imitation and Mimesis; 15 Imitation and Rationality |
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16 Common Misunderstandings of Memes (and Genes): The Promise and the Limits of the Genetic Analogy to Cultural Transmission Processes17 Goals versus Memes: Explanation in the Theory of Cultural Evolution; 18 Mendelian and Darwinian Views of Memes and Cultural Change; 19 Commentary and Discussion on Imitation and Culture; Bibliography; Contributors; Index to Volume 1; Index to Volume 2 |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Imitation.
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Imitation. |
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Learning in animals.
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Learning in animals. |
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Social psychology.
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Social psychology. |
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NEUROSCIENCE/General |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Hurley, S. L. (Susan L.)
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Chater, Nick.
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Imitation, human development, and culture |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Perspectives on imitation. Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2005 026258252X 0262582503 (DLC) 2004049896 (OCoLC)55067872 |
| ISBN |
9780262275958 (electronic book) |
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0262275953 (electronic book) |
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1423750101 (electronic book) |
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9781423750109 (electronic book) |
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