If you substitute word "imitation" or "over-imitation" with MEDIATION --
then the possibilities of interpretation start to make more sense. Don't
you think?
There are still a lot of questions one may ask, but what this looks
like is that in presence of another "expert" humans would tend to use
the "expertise" rather than to try solving the problem on their own?
I am sure that not all the variables there are exhausted -- what if the
other is not an adult but a peer? What if the "experimenter" is someone
the "subject" does not like? etc... In other words -- if you vary the
quality of the social relationship, do you always get the same results?
Ana
Peg Griffin wrote:
>And then there is the performance of "overimitiation" -- did you see the
>report of a study in today's NY Times?
>http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/science/13essa.html?incamp=article_popular
>_1
>Apparently, chimps will imitate unnecessary steps if they can't see that
>they are unnecessary -- but use a transparent box and they "edit" and only
>imitate the steps that get to the goal. Kids, though, imitate the whole
>megillah. Transparent box or not. The article speculates why but I am
>guessing the performance people will entertain other possibilities...
>Peg
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu [mailto:xmca-bounces@weber.ucsd.edu] On
>Behalf Of Lois Holzman
>Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:02 AM
>To: eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity mcole@weber.ucsd.edu,
>Subject: Re: [xmca] Artist as creator reminds me of combined motor method
>
>Mike, Yes!!!!!
>That's what occurred to me and Newman in the early 90s. In two ways < one
>that is coherent with Cazdan's performance before competence and with
>Vygotsky's learning leading development. The other is (perhaps) more
>profound, namely, that thought being completed in the word isn't restricted
>to oneself as the completer but that others complete for us...like adults
>for babbling babies in the endless little language games they play. I find
>this kind of performatory conception of learning very exciting and
>satisfying. Have I said enough for you to see whether you resonate with it?
>
>Lois
>
>
>
>>From: Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
>>Reply-To: mcole@weber.ucsd.edu, "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity"
>><xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>>Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 09:57:56 -0800
>>To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
>>Subject: Re: [xmca] Artist as creator reminds me of combined motor method
>>
>>I am mulling over how all this fits together with a methodology that
>>
>>
>fronts
>
>
>>performance. I have the intuition borrowed from many that it is an
>>instantiation of a practice that emodies the idea
>>that the thought is completed in the word. But I am still puzzling.
>>
>>
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