Deferred imitation must be studied in itself and can no longer be seen as dependent upon parallel language development or the emergence of an 18-month-old semiotic function. As. Deferred imitation was first identified by Piaget and Inhelder (1956) as a type of memory that enabled children to remember and reproduce an action observed in the past. Subsequent. This entry explores the distinction between immediate and deferred imitation to discuss the notion of a specialized imitation system versus a more general action-perception.
This entry explores the distinction between immediate and deferred imitation to discuss the notion of a specialized imitation system versus a more general action-perception.