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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Galef, Bennett G.

Titel

Social learning and traditions in animals: evidence, definitions, and relationship to human culture

Ist Teil von

• Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. Cognitive science, 2012-11, Vol.3 (6), p.581-592

Ort / Verlag

Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

Quelle

Wiley Online Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The number of publications concerned with social learning in nonhuman animals has expanded dramatically in recent decades. In this article, recent literature addressing three issues that have been of particular concern to those with both an interest in social learning and a background in experimental psychology are reviewed: (1) the definition as well as (2) empirical investigation of the numerous behavioral processes that support social learning in animals, and (3) the relationship of the ‘traditions’ seen in animals to the ‘culture’ that is so important in shaping the development of behavioral repertoires in humans. WIREs Cogn Sci 2012 doi: 10.1002/wcs.1196 This article is categorized under: Psychology > Comparative Psychology