In longitudinal studies, examine effect of imitation (both child and caregiver) on future language/social development. Hypothesis- Children of caregivers who follow their child's lead and imitate the child's sounds and actions have better language/social skills than children of caregivers who are more directive. And children who imitate are more likely to have superior social/communication skills than those who do not.
- perhaps imitation is a particularly powerful predict of later social and communication skills because in order to imitate an another individual you must be attending to them
- imitating a child's (td and non td) actions/words seems to be a particularly effective way to gain their attention.
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