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題名 Two-year-olds’ social learning from others’ mistakes in the context of a modified trap-tube task
作者 黃啟泰
Huang, Chi-Tai;Chung, Wan-Ling
貢獻者 心理系
關鍵詞 Mistake; Imitation; Emulation; Tool use; Trap tube
日期 2025-12
上傳時間 7-Jul-2025 10:32:13 (UTC+8)
摘要 Three experiments examined 2-year-olds’ (N = 140) social learning of tool use from others’ mistakes using a modified trap-tube task. All participants were ethnic Chinese residing in Taiwan. In Experiment 1A, children observed either tool-pushing actions that led to a trapping error followed by successful retrieval (with the error removed or retained), two tool-pushing retrievals, irrelevant manipulation, or no demonstration. Children who did not see the error during the correction relied exclusively on imitation of tool-pushing and, unlike other groups, showed no emulation-based retrieval. Experiment 1B found that prompting memory for the initial error increased emulation while maintaining imitation. In Experiment 1C, the model verbally framed trapping as correct and retrieval as mistaken, yet children still combined imitation with emulation. These findings suggest that 2-year-olds flexibly integrate imitative and emulative strategies, tuning their social learning of tool-use to how goals, actions, and affordances are structured within the task.
關聯 Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol.260, 106338
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106338
dc.contributor 心理系
dc.creator (作者) 黃啟泰
dc.creator (作者) Huang, Chi-Tai;Chung, Wan-Ling
dc.date (日期) 2025-12
dc.date.accessioned 7-Jul-2025 10:32:13 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 7-Jul-2025 10:32:13 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 7-Jul-2025 10:32:13 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) https://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/157933-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) Three experiments examined 2-year-olds’ (N = 140) social learning of tool use from others’ mistakes using a modified trap-tube task. All participants were ethnic Chinese residing in Taiwan. In Experiment 1A, children observed either tool-pushing actions that led to a trapping error followed by successful retrieval (with the error removed or retained), two tool-pushing retrievals, irrelevant manipulation, or no demonstration. Children who did not see the error during the correction relied exclusively on imitation of tool-pushing and, unlike other groups, showed no emulation-based retrieval. Experiment 1B found that prompting memory for the initial error increased emulation while maintaining imitation. In Experiment 1C, the model verbally framed trapping as correct and retrieval as mistaken, yet children still combined imitation with emulation. These findings suggest that 2-year-olds flexibly integrate imitative and emulative strategies, tuning their social learning of tool-use to how goals, actions, and affordances are structured within the task.
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dc.relation (關聯) Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Vol.260, 106338
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Mistake; Imitation; Emulation; Tool use; Trap tube
dc.title (題名) Two-year-olds’ social learning from others’ mistakes in the context of a modified trap-tube task
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106338
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2025.106338