AbstractsPsychology

Imitation versus understanding in social learning.

by Allan William. Mills




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Psychology.
Degree: MA.
Year: 1951
Keywords: Psychology.; Imitation.
Record ID: 1552802
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile119169.pdf


Abstract

The belief that man has a tendency to mimic the things that he sees his fellows do, and that he can acquire new modes of behavior by this means, was among the first topics to occupy the attention of the social psychologist. [...]