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The development of selective copying : children's learning from an expert versus their mother
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dc.contributor.author | Lucas, Amanda J. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burdett, Emily R. R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burgess, Vanessa | |
dc.contributor.author | Wood, Lara A. | |
dc.contributor.author | McGuigan, Nicola | |
dc.contributor.author | Harris, Paul L. | |
dc.contributor.author | Whiten, Andrew | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-12-30T00:31:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-12-30T00:31:54Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2017-11-07 | |
dc.identifier | 248684787 | |
dc.identifier | e0cb8cc0-15ca-4e1f-8222-2e408de3c6eb | |
dc.identifier | 85007489698 | |
dc.identifier | 000414642100021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Lucas , A J , Burdett , E R R , Burgess , V , Wood , L A , McGuigan , N , Harris , P L & Whiten , A 2017 , ' The development of selective copying : children's learning from an expert versus their mother ' , Child Development , vol. 88 , no. 6 , pp. 2026-2042 . https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.12711 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1467-8624 | |
dc.identifier.other | Bibtex: urn:374199ce83ea2509d55e8f3fa445645e | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-2426-5890/work/65014038 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/12395 | |
dc.description | This work was supported by a John Templeton Foundation (grant ID 40128) | en |
dc.description.abstract | This study tested the prediction that, with age, children should rely less on familiarity and more on expertise in their selective social learning. Experiment 1 (N = 50) found that 5- to 6-year-olds copied the technique their mother used to extract a prize from a novel puzzle box, in preference to both a stranger and an established expert. This bias occurred despite children acknowledging the expert model's superior capability. Experiment 2 (N = 50) demonstrated a shift in 7- to 8-year-olds toward copying the expert. Children aged 9–10 years did not copy according to a model bias. The findings of a follow-up study (N = 30) confirmed that, instead, they prioritized their own—partially flawed—causal understanding of the puzzle box. | |
dc.format.extent | 17 | |
dc.format.extent | 778319 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Child Development | en |
dc.subject | BF Psychology | en |
dc.subject | NDAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | BF | en |
dc.title | The development of selective copying : children's learning from an expert versus their mother | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | John Templeton Foundation | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Psychology and Neuroscience | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Social Learning & Cognitive Evolution | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/cdev.12711 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.date.embargoedUntil | 2017-12-29 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 40128 | en |
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