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Is there a need to distinguish instrumental copying behavior from traditions?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2022

Thomas R. Zentall Open the ORCID record for Thomas R. Zentall [Opens in a new window]
Thomas R. Zentall*
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Abstract

The authors make a distinction between instrumental copying behavior in which there is a clear reward for the copying behavior and social copying (traditions) in which the rewards for copying are less clear. However, I see no reason to distinguish between the two. We are social animals, for whom copying traditions have important rewards, those of affiliation.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e274
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