Imitation vs. Imprinting

Imitationnoun

The act of imitating.

Imitationnoun

A copy or simulation; something that is not the real thing.

Imitationnoun

The act of imitating.

Imitationnoun

That which is made or produced as a copy; that which is made to resemble something else, whether for laudable or for fraudulent purposes; likeness; resemblance.

Imitationnoun

One of the principal means of securing unity and consistency in polyphonic composition; the repetition of essentially the same melodic theme, phrase, or motive, on different degrees of pitch, by one or more of the other parts of voises. Cf. Canon.

Imitationnoun

The act of condition of imitating another species of animal, or a plant, or unanimate object. See Imitate, v. t., 3.

Imitationnoun

the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations

Imitationnoun

a copy that is represented as the original

Imitationnoun

copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else

Imitationnoun

a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect

Imitationadjective

not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article;

Imitation

Imitation (from Latin imitatio, ) is an advanced behavior whereby an individual observes and replicates another's behavior. Imitation is also a form of social learning that leads to the "development of traditions, and ultimately our culture.

Imprintingnoun

Any kind of phase-sensitive learning (learning occurring at a particular age or a particular life stage) that is rapid and apparently independent of the consequences of behavior.

Imprintingnoun

The learning of a behavioral pattern that occurs soon after birth or hatching in certain animals, in which a long-lasting response to an individual (such as a parent) or an object is rapidly acquired; it is particularly noted in the response of certain birds to the animal they first see after hatching, usually the parent, as in ducks who will follow the adult duck they first see.

Imprintingnoun

a learning process in early life whereby species specific patterns of behavior are established