Social Learning : An Introduction to Mechanisms, Methods, and Models /

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Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge by copying others. Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of behavioral research and sits at the interface of many academic disciplines, including biology, experime...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hoppitt, William (Autor), Laland, Kevin N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
NATURE > Animals > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Psychologie comparee > Recherche > Methodologie.
Apprentissage social > Recherche > Methodologie.
Apprentissage chez les animaux > Recherche > Methodologie.
Psychology, Comparative > Research > Methodology.
Social learning > Research > Methodology.
Learning in animals > Research > Methodology.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Many animals, including humans, acquire valuable skills and knowledge by copying others. Scientists refer to this as social learning. It is one of the most exciting and rapidly developing areas of behavioral research and sits at the interface of many academic disciplines, including biology, experimental psychology, economics, and cognitive neuroscience. Social Learning provides a comprehensive, practical guide to the research methods of this important emerging field. William Hoppitt and Kevin Laland define the mechanisms thought to underlie social learning and demonstrate how to.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (320 pages).
ISBN:9781400846504

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