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The selective social learner as an agent of cultural group selection

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 March 2016

Sarah Suárez  and
Melissa Koenig
Sarah Suárez
Affiliation:
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55436. suare062@umn.edu mkoenig@umn.edu http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/people/faculty/cpsy/koenig.html
Melissa Koenig
Affiliation:
Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55436. suare062@umn.edu mkoenig@umn.edu http://www.cehd.umn.edu/icd/people/faculty/cpsy/koenig.html
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Abstract

Developmental research characterizes even the youngest learners as critical and selective, capable of preserving or culling cultural information on the bases of informant accuracy, reasoning, or coherence. We suggest that Richerson et al. adjust their account of social learning in cultural group selection (CGS) by taking into consideration the role of the selective learner in the cultural inheritance system.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 39 , 2016 , e53
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