ABSTRACT
In the experiments on children described in the preceding chapter, one set of responses, namely walking and box opening, was selected for intensive study. These responses exemplify the learning and unlearning of matched-dependent behaviour under controlled conditions, although they are not, of course, the only ones to which imitation theory applies. The cases in this chapter, drawn again from real life, will show how various are the types of responses and stimuli which may be linked by the matched-dependent mechanism. 1 They also show the varied social circumstances under which imitative behaviour can occur.
