Artikel

Imitation of Peers in Children and Adults

Imitation of the successful choices of others is a simple and superficially attractive learning rule. It has been shown to be an important driving force for the strategic behavior of (young) adults. In this study we examine whether imitation is prevalent in the behavior of children aged between 8 and 10. Surprisingly, we find that imitation seems to be cognitively demanding. Most children in this age group ignore information about others, foregoing substantial learning opportunities. While this seems to contradict much of the literature in the field of psychology, we argue that success-based imitation of peers may be harder for children to perform than non-success-based imitation of adults.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Journal: Games ; ISSN: 2073-4336 ; Volume: 9 ; Year: 2018 ; Pages: -- ; Basel: MDPI

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Thema
children
imitation learning
success-based imitation
peer imitation

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Apesteguia, Jose
Huck, Steffen
Oechssler, Jörg
Weidenholzer, Elke
Weidenholzer, Simon
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
MDPI
(wo)
Basel
(wann)
2018

DOI
doi:10.3390/g9010011
Handle
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  • Artikel

Beteiligte

  • Apesteguia, Jose
  • Huck, Steffen
  • Oechssler, Jörg
  • Weidenholzer, Elke
  • Weidenholzer, Simon
  • MDPI

Entstanden

  • 2018

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