Fourteen-Month-Olds Adapt Their Imitative Behavior in Light of a Model’s Constraints

Table 3

Infants’ mean imitation rates dependent of condition in the single trials of the separate administered blocks.

	Analyzed section of response period	Hands-free condition		Hands-occupied condition
		1st administered trial; M (SD)	2nd administered trial M (SD)	1st administered trial; M (SD)	2nd administered trial M (SD)
1st administered block of trials	20 seconds	18.9 (39.71)	26.67 (44.98)	2.63 (16.22)	5.71 (23.55)
	Entire period	21.62 (41.73)	33.33 (47.94)	5.26 (22.63)	8.57 (28.40)
2nd administered block of trials	20 seconds	10.81 (31.48)	13.79 (35.09)	6.06 (24.23)	15.15 (36.41)
	Entire period	16.67 (37.80)	17.24 (38.44)	9.09 (29.19)	21.21 (41.51)