PSYC 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Collaborative Learning, Encephalization Quotient, Cephalization
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Engage in abstract and complex level of thinking. Children think about other people as reflective agents. Other people have thoughts about that the learners think. Not just people have thought but they also reflect on the learner"s thought. E. g. one might think that she thinks i think that . Children create new culture info by engaging in transactive discussion. Talking with each other to solve problem. Not relying on teachers but others to learn. Force children to communicate opinion/perspective and understand other perspective. Key for children to develop moral reasoning skills. Learning how to open a locked vessel -- using a rock to bash the lock -- create new culture information. Tools that we develop and transit between the members of our species to adapt to our environment. Adopt to changed norms based on cultural transmission. Rats adopt the method of the foster parents. Learn it from fathers and other older males in the group.
