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Imitation is a naturally occurring process of human development where individuals can learn different skills and behaviors by mimicking those around them. Imitation plays a vital role in the development of cognitive and social communication behaviors such as language and joint attention. Although imitation appears to have a clear positive utilization there are instances where its utility is reduced. Over-imitation is the process of an individual imitating actions even when those actions are not causally relevant to the objective to the task. Whiten et al. (2016) said that “the occurrence of overimitation in the real world, maximizes the power of the human capacity to obtain all the practical and conventional skills that are foundational to human culture” (p.12). Over-imitation is only one way to build culture and not the most efficient. This review aimed to investigate what influences us to employ this method in social interactions.

Publication Date

2021

Publisher

College of Education and Health Professions Honors Program

City

Fayetteville

Keywords

Expanded Literature Review

Disciplines

Communication Sciences and Disorders | Speech and Hearing Science

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Advisor:

Kimberly Frazier, Ph.D.

Prevailing Theories of Over-Imitation

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