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8 mar 2021 · Definition (top): once equated with social learning, imitation is now understood to be just one type of social learning in which an observer copies the ‘form’ or topography of a model’s body movements; that is, how parts of the body move relative to one another.
10 lut 2009 · In biology, imitation has usually referred to morphological adaptations for camouflage or mimicking the appearance of another species (Figure 1). Only recently has there been intense interest in the imitation of behaviour by animals; animal learning theory has traditionally ignored imitation.
26 wrz 2006 · Imitation can be defined as the copying of behavior. To a biologist, interest in imitation is focused on its adaptive value for the survival of the organism, but to a psychologist, the mechanisms responsible for imitation are the most interesting.
Biomimetics, a name coined by Otto Schmitt in the 1950s for the transfer of ideas and analogues from biology to technology, has produced some significant and successful devices and concepts in the past 50 years, but is still empirical.
Imitation can be defined as the copying of behavior. To a biologist, interest in imitation is focused on its adaptive value for the survival of the organism, but to a psychologist, the mechanisms responsible for imitation are the most interesting.
Imitation has both cognitive and social aspects and is a powerful mechanism for learning about and from people. Imitation raises theoretical questions about perception–action coupling, memory, representation, social cognition, and social affinities toward others “like me.”
12 kwi 2013 · What we call imitative learning is an instance of social learning. It has little to do with empathy, emotional contagion, or mind reading. Imitation has been understood in different ways: as a cognitive adaptation subtended by genetically specified cognitive mechanisms; as an aspect of domain
