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Putting social cognitive mechanisms back into cumulative technological culture: Social interactions serve as a mechanism for children's early knowledge acquisition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 August 2020

Amanda S. Haber  and
Kathleen H. Corriveau Open the ORCID record for Kathleen H. Corriveau [Opens in a new window]
Amanda S. Haber
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Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston, MA02215. haber317@bu.edukcorriv@bu.edu
Kathleen H. Corriveau
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Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, Boston, MA02215. haber317@bu.edukcorriv@bu.edu
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Abstract

Osiurak and Reynaud offer a unified cognitive approach to cumulative technological culture, arguing that it begins with non-social cognitive skills that allow humans to learn and develop new technical information. Drawing on research focusing on how children acquire knowledge through interactions others, we argue that social learning is essential for humans to acquire technical information.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 43 , 2020 , e166
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