Imitative Learning Method

An Imitative Learning Method is a learning method that makes use of imitation.

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• Example(s):
  • Animal Imitative Learning.
  • Human Imitative Learning.
  • Imitative Learning Algorithm.
• See: Observational Learning, Social Learning Theory, Behavior, Imitation, Communication, Emotion, Sensory-Motor Coupling.

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References

2020

• (Wikipedia, 2020) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imitative_learning Retrieved:2020-12-10.
  • Imitative learning is a type of social learning whereby new behaviors are acquired via imitation. Imitation aids in communication, social interaction, and the ability to modulate one's emotions to account for the emotions of others, and is "essential for healthy sensorimotor development and social functioning". The ability to match one's actions to those observed in others occurs in humans and animals; imitative learning plays an important role in humans in cultural development. Imitative learning is different from observational learning in that it requires a duplication of the behaviour exhibited by the model, whereas observational learning can occur when the learner observes an unwanted behaviour and its subsequent consequences and as a result learns to avoid that behaviour.

2001

• (Jebara, 2001) ⇒ Tony Jebara. (2001). “Discriminative, Generative and Imitative Learning.” PhD diss., PhD thesis, Media laboratory, MIT.
  • QUOTE: ... I demonstrate that imitative learning (under appropriate conditions) can be adequately addressed as a discriminative prediction task which outperforms the usual generative approach. This discriminative-imitative learning approach is applied with a generative perceptual system to synthesize a real-time agent that learns to engage in social interactive behavior. ...

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