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What evolves in the evolution of social learning?
Social learning is fundamental to social life across the animal kingdom, but we still know little about how natural selection has shaped social learning abilities on a proximate level. Sometimes, complex social learning phenomena can be entirely explained by Pavlovian … Continue reading
The Role of Social Interaction in the Evolution of Learning
It is generally thought that cognition evolved to help us navigate complex environments. Social interactions make up one part of a complex environment, and some have argued that social settings are crucial to the evolution of cognition. This article uses … Continue reading
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Social Learning Strategies: Bridge-Building between Fields
While social learning is widespread, indiscriminate copying of others is rarely beneficial. Theory suggests that individuals should be selective in what, when, and whom they copy, by following ‘social learning strategies’ (SLSs). The SLS concept has stimulated extensive experimental work, … Continue reading
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Socially Shared Cognition, Affect, and Behavior: A Review and Integration
In this article, we review 4 classes of models of socially shared cognition and behavior: supra-individual models, information-processing models, communication models, and social interaction models. Our review draws on research and theory in social psychology, sociology, and organization behavior. We … Continue reading
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Adaptive social learning for systemic leadership
What’s involved in developing human capacity to address complexity, taking a mid- to the longer-term view than is usual? How can we create the conditions in which people can cope with the daily challenges of living in a complex world … Continue reading
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Social learning in humans and other animals
Decisions made by individuals can be influenced by what others think and do. Social learning includes a wide array of behaviors such as imitation, observational learning of novel foraging techniques, peer or parental influences on individual preferences, as well as … Continue reading
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Evolution of Social Learning does not explain the origin of human cumulative culture
Because culture requires transmission of information between individuals, thinking about the origin of culture has mainly focused on the genetic evolution of abilities for social learning. Current theory considers how social learning affects the adaptiveness of a single cultural trait, … Continue reading
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