PSYCH 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Milk Bottle, Japanese Macaque, Observational Learning
12 Jun 2013
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Allows for the transmission of information across generations without the need for genes it is really different from individual learning the outcome is: Social learning can be much faster: aboud the trial and error learning. Across generations aboids the loss of information in the death of the individual. A rare insight can spread rapidly through the population. Probably social learning the anecdotes imo the monkey (japanesse macaque) was the first individual who washed potatoes to remove sand. Other monkeys started to do the same later. Saw an increase rate in the number of monkeys which were washing is it social learning? potatoes. First monkey solved a solution to a problem and others were able to copy i order to learn this behaviour. Evidence for scoial learning the rate of increase was low. Human bias: humans were throwing potatoes on the beach. Playing with objects in water isn"t novel.
