A REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR

FOCUSING ON IMITATION IN THE DYAD, CAUSAL RELATIONS BETWEEN THE MODEL'S (M) BEHAVIOR AND O'S IMITATION OF IT WERE EXAMINED. FINDINGS ARE REVIEWED IN A MANNER RELATIVELY INDEPENDENT OF PROCESSES HYPOTHESIZED TO MEDIATE IMITATION; THEORETICAL VIEWPOINTS ABOUT IMITATION ARE EVALUATED. AN EXTENSION OF THE BEST AVAILABLE VIEWPOINT, THAT OF BANDURA, IS PRESENTED. GAPS IN THE LITERATURE ARE ENUMERATED ALONG WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR SUBSEQUENT RESEARCH. (4 P. REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.