The development of human social learning across seven societies.
Nat Commun
; 9(1): 2076, 2018 05 25.
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| ID: mdl-29802252
ABSTRACT
Social information use is a pivotal characteristic of the human species. Avoiding the cost of individual exploration, social learning confers substantial fitness benefits under a wide variety of environmental conditions, especially when the process is governed by biases toward relative superiority (e.g., experts, the majority). Here, we examine the development of social information use in children aged 4-14 years (n = 605) across seven societies in a standardised social learning task. We measured two key aspects of social information use general reliance on social information and majority preference. We show that the extent to which children rely on social information depends on children's cultural background. The extent of children's majority preference also varies cross-culturally, but in contrast to social information use, the ontogeny of majority preference follows a U-shaped trajectory across all societies. Our results demonstrate both cultural continuity and diversity in the realm of human social learning.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Conducta Social
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Medio Social
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Diversidad Cultural
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Características Culturales
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Aprendizaje Social
Límite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Commun
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido