Mingxuan ZhaoUniversity of Queensland | UQ · School of Psychology
Mingxuan Zhao
Bachelor of Science (Hon I)
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Introduction
Mingxuan is a PhD Candidate in the School of Psychology at the University of Queensland.
Her primary research interest is in the field of developmental psychology, with a focus on child social learning. Specifically, she is interested in imitative behaviour in children – to what extent are social aspects driving imitation and to what extent is imitation rational?
Education
July 2017 - July 2020
September 2015 - June 2016
Southwest University
Field of study
- Psychology
Publications
Publications (2)
Costly rituals are ubiquitous and adaptive. Yet, little is known about how children develop to acquire them. The current study examined children's imitation of costly rituals. Ninety‐three 4–6 year olds (47 girls, 45% Oceanians, tested in 2022) were shown how to place tokens into a tube to earn stickers, using either a ritualistic or non‐ritualisti...
Children have a proclivity to learn through faithful imitation, but the extent to which this applies under significant cost remains unclear. To address this, we investigated whether 4‐ to 6‐year‐old children ( N = 97) would stop imitating to forego a desirable food reward. We presented participants with a task involving arranging marshmallows and c...
