PSYC 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Phenotypic Plasticity, High Fidelity
4 Apr 2020
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Final exam: 25 mc- will have content from first half, 8 sa, 1 la, choose out of 2 options, content from second half. Social learning: learning through observation of others" actions, or the products of others" actions i. e. bandura. Why do we care: characterizing human & nonhuman learning mechanisms, animal welfare animals need members of their species acting like they belong in the species in order to survive, rehabilitation of wild groups. Evolution of social learning: learning (both social and individual) allows an organism to change behaviour to fit changing environments: a form of phenotypic plasticity. Stickleback fish: pick best food patch by copying others who are successful, behaviour switches based on the environment that they"re in. Whom to learn from: directed social learning: previously successful i. e. stickleback, high status i. e. role models parents, those with high prestige". The attention of an observing chimp is drawn to the termite mound.
