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The diversity in the panorama of human cultural modes of existence across geography and history is impressive; no less impressive is the ability of children born into the different regions of this panorama to acquire appropriate value orientations, modes of action, and social skills. In the literature on socialization and personality development, concepts such as imitation have been given an important place in accounting or the facility with which children’s enculturation seems to take place (e. g., Bandura & Walters, 1963; Goslin, 1969). However, there has been relatively little concern in this literature with the origin or the developmental course of the ability to learn from observing and imitating others.

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Užgiris, I.Č. (1991). The Social Context of Infant Imitation. In: Lewis, M., Feinman, S. (eds) Social Influences and Socialization in Infancy. Genesis of Behavior, vol 6. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-2620-3_10

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