Document Type

Thesis

Date of Degree Completion

Summer 1970

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Psychology

Committee Chair

Warren Street

Second Committee Member

Richard Alumbaugh

Third Committee Member

John L. Silva

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was twofold. It was hypothesized that a prior nurturant interaction with an adult model (M) would significantly increase incidental imitation in a child subject (S) receiving this positive relationship over Ss who interacted with a non-nurturant M, or Ss who received no interaction with M. Secondly, the length of the experimental nurturant relationship was manipulated in an attempt to determine its importance in obtaining increased imitative behavior.

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