Intention Reading
Toddlers in Meltzoff's study imitated the intended goal of an adult's failed action. Toddlers can distinguish literal surface behavior from an underlying aim. Infants can imitate intentions behind actions rather than only visible movements…
1 sources - 5 claims
Toddlers in Meltzoff's study imitated the intended goal of an adult's failed action. Toddlers can distinguish literal surface behavior from an underlying aim. Infants can imitate intentions behind actions rather than only visible movements. Children may copy a model's aim, desire, or intended outcome rather than the external movement. Toddler intention-reading provides a developmental bridge to adult mimetic desire.