Let us assume that at a later point in time, infants want to reproduce this effect to fulfill a need (e.g., a need for sensory stimulation). We can assume either that particular features of the environment serve as a memory cue that leads infants to recall the possible effects, among w...
thatolderchildrenandadultsareevenmorelikelytomindlessly copy others'actions, and infants are less likelytoover-imitate—thatis,topreciselycopyevenimpractical actions.By contrast, chimpanzees in the study only over-imitated in the opaque condition. In the transparentcondition-where theysawthat thestickwas ...
So they try to imitate whatever the elders and other adults do -in look, dress and even styles.Apart from this, infants and some small children feel some security with the parents and they see or visualise the parents in the things used by parents. For example a small ch...