PSYC14H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Imperial Abbey Of Corvey, Sweet Potato, Cultural Evolution
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Chapter 2: culture and human nature evolutionary trade-offs that our human ancestors confronted when they became a cultural species (e. g. lost of muscles compared to chimpanzees with whom we had shared common ancestors) Ad campaigns +fascination with famous people tabloids. Imitative learning: the learner internalizes something of the model"s goals and behavioural strategies and then attempts the same thing themselves. E. g. internalizing intentions of bonzo knocking over bananas with stick, then doing it himself. 2 year old children (rake up ( ) or rake down ( )) + toy +imitate all actions: emulative learning: the learner is focused on the environmental events that are involved. How the use of one object could potential effect changes in the state of the environment. Only concerned with the events that happened around the model, but not what the model intends to accomplish. Learners try to figure things out themselves once they get an idea by observing others.
