Zmyj Norbert, Schölmerich Axel, Daum Moritz M
Institute of Psychology, TU University of Dortmund, 44221 Dortmund, Germany.
Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany.
Infant Behav Dev. 2017 Aug;48(Pt B):175-183. doi: 10.1016/j.infbeh.2017.02.001. Epub 2017 Mar 1.
Imitation is a frequent behavior in the first years of life, and serves both a social function (e.g., to interact with others) and a cognitive function (e.g., to learn a new skill). Infants differ in their temperament, and temperament might be related to the dominance of one function of imitation. In this study, we investigated whether temperament and deferred imitation are related in 12-month-old infants. Temperament was measured via the Infant Behavior Questionnaire Revised (IBQ-R) and parts of the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB). Deferred imitation was measured via the Frankfurt Imitation Test for 12-month-olds (FIT-12). Regression analyses revealed that the duration of orienting (IBQ-R) and the latency of the first look away in the Task Orientation task (Lab-TAB) predicted the infants' imitation score. These results suggest that attention-related processes may play a major role when infants start to imitate.
模仿是生命最初几年常见的行为，具有社会功能（如与他人互动）和认知功能（如学习新技能）。婴儿的气质各不相同，气质可能与模仿的一种功能占主导有关。在本研究中，我们调查了12个月大婴儿的气质与延迟模仿是否相关。通过修订版婴儿行为问卷（IBQ-R）和部分实验室气质评估量表（Lab-TAB）来测量气质。通过12个月大婴儿的法兰克福模仿测试（FIT-12）来测量延迟模仿。回归分析显示，定向持续时间（IBQ-R）和任务定向任务中首次看向别处的潜伏期（Lab-TAB）可预测婴儿的模仿得分。这些结果表明，当婴儿开始模仿时，与注意力相关的过程可能起主要作用。
