PSYC 308 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cultural Learning, Hand Washing, Naturalistic Observation
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You need to figure out what works and what"s relevant by yourself. Time-consuming because you need to figure out procedures yourself and some materials are not even available. One person in model has figure out the solution to a problem and the model teaches the other members in the community. Can also twist the original solution to make it more useful. Doesn"t require one person"s brain to deal with the convoluted solution. The ability to understand someone else"s thoughts, beliefs, and intentions. What was their intent when creating the solution. Understanding what one"s intention is and can take that intend and can improve that intent. When we are choosing the person who has the most attention. Bias toward and learning and copying people who are prestige model. Infants too pay attention to people who more visual stimulus. Emphasised the role of doing cross-cultural studies. Philosophy focuses more on logical reasoning than empiricism.
