Possibilities of imitation
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in: Possibility studies & Society , Jahrgang 2, Nr. 3, 09.2024, S. 345-356.
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T1 - Possibilities of imitation
AU - Oomen, Danna
AU - Genschow, Oliver
PY - 2024/9
Y1 - 2024/9
N2 - Humans tend to automatically imitate others. This tendency is generally explained by a common representation of observed and executed actions. However, people do not imitate each and any behavior they observe. Instead, they have different possibilities in terms of when, what, and whom they imitate. Here, we review the literature on the various factors that modulate imitative behavior to get an overview of these possibilities. While the reviewed literature supports the idea of possibilities in terms of how people imitate, this overview also emphasizes that the evidence for most factors has been rather mixed or preliminary. This calls for more replication studies, both conceptual and direct, before firm conclusions can be made for each modulating factor.
AB - Humans tend to automatically imitate others. This tendency is generally explained by a common representation of observed and executed actions. However, people do not imitate each and any behavior they observe. Instead, they have different possibilities in terms of when, what, and whom they imitate. Here, we review the literature on the various factors that modulate imitative behavior to get an overview of these possibilities. While the reviewed literature supports the idea of possibilities in terms of how people imitate, this overview also emphasizes that the evidence for most factors has been rather mixed or preliminary. This calls for more replication studies, both conceptual and direct, before firm conclusions can be made for each modulating factor.
KW - Psychology
KW - Automatic imitation
KW - behavioral mimicry
KW - imitative behavior
KW - possibilities
KW - situational modulators
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/2c4cae84-c1f1-331d-8a42-923d644b0b2c/
U2 - 10.1177/27538699241252883
DO - 10.1177/27538699241252883
M3 - Scientific review articles
VL - 2
SP - 345
EP - 356
JO - Possibility studies & Society
JF - Possibility studies & Society
SN - 2753-8699
IS - 3
ER -