Poster Title
Faculty Advisor
Andrea Olson
Department
Psychology
Abstract
48 traditional college aged females participated in this study to identify whether imitation learning had a higher quality from audio, written, demonstration, or demonstration with audio conditions. The participants were given the task of tying a bowtie in each of the above conditions and rated first on confidence by themselves and followed on the same rating scale of quality by researchers. It was found that the task was completed with better quality when the participants were presented with the task with demonstration (video) and audio.
Start Date
19-4-2012 11:00 AM
End Date
19-4-2012 1:00 PM
The Bowtie Effect: Immitation Learning in Adults
48 traditional college aged females participated in this study to identify whether imitation learning had a higher quality from audio, written, demonstration, or demonstration with audio conditions. The participants were given the task of tying a bowtie in each of the above conditions and rated first on confidence by themselves and followed on the same rating scale of quality by researchers. It was found that the task was completed with better quality when the participants were presented with the task with demonstration (video) and audio.