PSYC 168 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Cultural Learning, Eurasian Blue Tit, Mirror Neuron
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Cultural transmission: the transfer of information from individual to individual through social learning or teaching. Social learning: the process of learning by watching others. Was present in individuals younger than the rst to do it, but not in individuals older. A system of information transfer that affects an individual"s phenotype by means of either teacher or some form of social learning. Information is passed from individual to individual throughout generations (it does not die out with the individual) Can have a dramatic impact within one generation- it occurs much faster than natural selection. Involves a model (tutor, demonstrator) and an observer . Local enhancement and social facilitation involve a model and an observer, but are not cultural transmission. Local enhancement: (term by william thorpe) individuals learn from one another because they are drawn to a particular area because another individual was in that location.
