Date of Award
8-1972
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Joseph C. LaVoie
Second Advisor
Richard Wikoff
Third Advisor
Norman H. Hamm
Abstract
Imitative behavior of a parent-surrogate and a sibling model by second-born children from M1-M2, M1-F2, F1-M2, and F1-F2 dyads was assessed in an observational learning paradigm. Children, five- to seven-years of age from two-child families, observed an adult male or female parent-surrogate model, and an older brother or sister play three games – dart through, gold putt, and ring toss. After observing an assigned adult model and a sibling model, the children played each of the three games and his reproduction of verbal, postural, and motor responses of the models was scored. In general, second-born children imitated the sibling models more than the adult models. Children in cross-sex dyads imitated their older sibling more extensively than children of same-sex pairs. The role of imitation as a socialization process in two-child families was discussed.
Recommended Citation
Hodapp, Albert F., "Imitation in adult-sibling dyads" (1972). Student Work. 122.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/studentwork/122
Comments
A Thesis Presented to the Department of Psychology and the Faculty of the Graduate College University of Nebraska at Omaha In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts.