PSYC 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Oceanic Basin, High Fidelity, Kinji Imanishi

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 355
• Professor: Valerie Ann Kuhlmeier

Document Summary

The early years & late (cid:858)90s, ea(cid:396)l(cid:455) (cid:858)00s: socially-transmitted traditions, ratchet effects & cumulative culture. Native monkey species: japanese macaque (snow monkey: techniques & theories unique to japanese primatology. Techniques: provisioning (put out food to attract animals), naming (naming animals instead of numbering them: provisioning is messing up their environment and its not an observational study anymore. Theo(cid:396)ies: less (cid:862)dualis(cid:373)(cid:863) (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al: kinji imanishi. Monkey (imo) took the potato and washed it in the water. Over time, other members of the group started to wash the potatoes. Years later, it was the majority of the group on the island who washed their sweet potatoes. Spread of the behavior was low because she was of low status. Late 90s, early 00s: whiten et al. (1999): cultures in chimpanzees. Not sure if genes or cultural learning: garland et al. (2011): horizontal cultural transmission of humpback whale song. Dynamic horizontal cultural transmission of humpback whale song at the ocean basin scale.