Rachel Barr|Nancy Wyss
Reenactment of televised content by 2-year olds: Toddlers use language learned from television to solve a difficult imitation problem
Georgetown University|Georgetown University
parents commonly label objects television programs verbal labels also provided directly via voiceover present study investigated whether toddlers imitation performance television would facilitated verbal labels presented television via voiceover presented parents coviewing toddlers sixtyone 2year olds randomly assigned one four experimental groups voiceover video parent video parent video label parent live baseline control condition toddlers tested novel objects 24 h delay although experimental groups imitated significantly target actions baseline control group imitation facilitated novel labels regardless whether labels provided parents voiceover television findings important implications toddler learning television