Allelomimetic behavior (or group-coordinated behaviour) refers to the imitative or copycat behavior in social animals.

Other paradigms look at rates of imitative behavior, the ability to replicate and complete unfinished goal-directed acts, and observations of rates of pretend play.

The imitative behavior, they write in the journal Biology Letters, shows that the mammals (which are not whales but members of the dolphin family) are capable of vocal learning.

To avoid imitative behaviour or allegations of irresponsibility, it may be useful to make clear in the output when suitable safety precautions have been taken.

There is little direct onomatopoeia recorded by Bridges, despite descriptions of highly animated imitative behavior on the part of speakers being recorded in the late 19th century.

If the imitative behavior continues beyond infanthood, it may be considered echopraxia.

Albert Bandura's experiment in 1961 exposed the dangers of imitative behaviour.

Indeed, there is limited understanding of the degree to which monkeys show imitative behaviour.

I knew it must have been a trick she had taught him, or imitative rodent behavior.

In the 1963 study, Albert Bandura used children between the ages 3 and 6 to test the extent to which film-mediated aggressive models influenced imitative behavior.