Chapter 4 Strategies for Social Learning. Testing Predictions from Formal Theory

Advances in the Study of Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue , 2009, Pages 117-151

  Galef, Bennett G ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dissatisfaction; Familiarity; Food choice; Foraging; Formal models; Kinship; Norway rat; Predation; Social learning; Success; Uncertainty; When strategies; Who strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650930084     PISSN: 00653454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(09)39004-X     Document Type: Review

References (83)

1. Aoki K., and Feldman M.W. Toward a theory for the evolution of cultural communication: coevolution of signal transmission and reception. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 84 (1987) 7164-7168
2. Beck M., and Galef Jr. B.G. Social influences on the selection of a protein-sufficient diet by Norway rats. J. Comp. Psychol. 103 (1989) 132-139
3. Beck M., Hitchcock C., and Galef Jr. B.G. Diet sampling by wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) offered several unfamiliar foods. Anim. Learn. Behav. 16 (1988) 224-230
4. Blackmore S. The Meme Machine (1999), Oxford University Press, Oxford
5. Boyd R., and Richerson P.J. Culture and the Evolutionary Process (1985), Chicago University Press, Chicago
6. Boyd R., and Richerson P.J. An evolutionary model of social learning: the effects of spatial and temporal variation. In: Zentall T.R., and Galef Jr. B.G. (Eds). Social Learning: Psychological and Biological Perspectives (1988), Lawrence Erlbaum, Hillsdale, NJ 29-48
7. Briggs S.E., Godin J.G., and Dugatkin L.A. Mate-choice copying under the risk of predation in the Trinidadian guppy (Poecilia reticulata). Behav. Ecol. 7 (1996) 151-152
8. Choleris E., Valsecchi P., Wang Y., Ferrari P., Kavaliers M., and Mainardi M. Social learning of food preferences in male and female Mongolian gerbils is facilitated by the anxiolytic chlordiazepoxide. Pharmacol. Biochem. Behav. 60 (1998) 575-584
9. Chou L.S., and Richerson P.J. Multiple models in social transmission of food selection by Norway rats. Anim. Behav. 44 (1992) 337-343
10. Coolen L., van Bergen Y., Day R.L., and Laland K.N. Species differences in the adaptive use of social information in sticklebacks. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 270 (2003) 2413-2419
11. Coussi-Korbel S., and Fragaszy D.M. On the relation between social dynamics and sSocial learning. Anim. Behav. 50 (1995) 1441-1453
12. Crowley P., Travers S., Linton M., Cohn S., Sih A., and Sargent C. Mate density, predation risk and the seasonal sequence of mate choice: a dynamic game. Am. Nat. 137 (1991) 567-596
13. Dewar G. Social and asocial cues about new food: cue reliability influences intake in rats. Learn. Behav. 32 (2004) 82-89
14. Drea C.M., and Wallen K. Low status monkeys "play dumb" when learning in mixed social groups. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96 (1999) 12965-12969
15. Dugatkin L.A., and Godin J.G.J. Female mate copying in the guppy (Poecilia reticulata): age-dependent effects. Behav. Ecol. 4 (1993) 289-292
16. Enquist M., Eriksson K., and Ghirlanda S. Critical social learning: a solution to Roger's paradox of nonadaptive culture. Am. Anthropol. 109 (2007) 727-734
17. Epstein A.N., and Stellar E. The control of salt preference in the adrenalectomized rat. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 48 (1955) 167-172
18. Feldman M.W., Aoki K., and Kumm J. Individual versus social learning, evolutionary analysis in fluctuating environments. Anthropol. Sci. 104 (1996) 209-232
19. Forkman B. Social facilitation is shown by gerbils when presented with novel but not with familiar food. Anim. Behav. 42 (1991) 860-861
20. Friedman M.I. Too many choices? A critical essay on macronutrient selection. In: Berthoud H.R., and Seeley R.J. (Eds). Neural and Metabolic Control of Macronutrient Intake (2000), CRC Press, Baton Rouge 11-18
21. Frommen J.G., Luz C., and Bakker T.C.M. Nutritional state influences shoaling preference for familiars. Zoology 110 (2007) 369-376
22. Galef Jr. B.G. Direct and indirect behavioral processes for the social transmission of f food avoidance. In: Bronstein P., and Braveman N.S. (Eds). Experimental Assessments and Clinical Applications of Conditioned Food aversions (1985), New York Academy of Sciences, New York 203-215
23. Galef Jr. B.G. Social interaction modifies learned aversions, sodium appetite, and both palatability and handling-time induced dietary preference in rats (R. norvegicus). J. Comp. Psychol. 100 (1986) 432-439
24. Galef Jr. B.G. A contrarian view of the wisdom of the body as it relates to dietary self selection. Psychol. Rev. 98 (1991) 218-223
25. Galef Jr. B.G. Social influences on the food preferences and feeding behaviors of vertebrates. In: Capaldi E.D. (Ed). Why We Eat What We Eat. second ed (1996), American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 207-230
26. Galef Jr. B.G. Social learning of food preferences in rodents: A rapidly learned appetitive behavior. Curr. Protoc. Neurosci. (2002) 8.5 D1-8.5 D8, 76, 1381-1388
27. Galef Jr. B.G. Theoretical and empirical approaches to understanding when animals use socially acquired information and from whom they acquire it. In: Lucas J.R., Simmons, and L (Eds). Essays in Animal Behaviour: Celebrating 50 Years of Animal Behaviour (2006), Academic Press, San Diego 161-182
28. Galef Jr. B.G., and Stein M. Demonstrator influence on observer diet preference: Analyses of critical social interactions and olfactory signals. Anim. Learn. Behav. 13 (1985) 31-38
29. Galef Jr. B.G., and Whiskin E.E. Learning socially to eat more of one food than of another. J. Comp. Psychol. 109 (1995) 99-101
30. Galef Jr. B.G., and Whiskin E.E. Demonstration of a socially transmitted flavor aversion in rats? Kuan and Colwill (1997) revisited. Psychon. Bull. Rev. 7 (2000) 631-635
31. Galef Jr. B.G., and Whiskin E.E. Effects of environmental stability and demonstrator age on social learning of food preferences by young Norway rats. Anim. Behav. 68 (2004) 897-902
32. Galef Jr. B.G., and Whiskin E.E. Increased reliance on socially acquired information while foraging in risky situations?. Anim. Behav. 72 (2006) 1169-1176
33. Galef Jr. B.G., and Whiskin E.E. Effectiveness of familiar kin and unfamiliar non-kin demonstrator rats in altering food choices of their observers. Anim. Behav. 77 (2008) 1329-1335
34. Galef Jr. B.G., and Whiskin E.E. Use of social information by sodium- and protein-deficient rats: a test of a prediction (Boyd and Richerson 1988). Anim. Behav. 75 (2008) 627-630
35. Galef Jr. B.G., and Wigmore S.W. Transfer of information concerning distant foods: a laboratory investigation of the "information-centre" hypothesis. Anim. Behav. 31 (1983) 748-758
36. Galef B.G., and Yarkovsky N. Further studies of reliance on socially acquired information when foraging in potentially risky situations. Anim. Behav. 77 (2009) 1329-1335
37. Galef Jr. B.G., Wigmore S.W., and Kennett D.J. A failure to find socially mediated taste-aversion learning in Norway rats (R. norvegicus). J. Comp. Psychol. 97 (1983) 358-363
38. Galef Jr. B.G., Kennett D.J., and Wigmore S.W. Transfer of information concerning distant foods in rats: A robust phenomenon. Anim. Learn. Behav. 12 (1984) 292-296
39. Galef Jr. B.G., Kennett D.J., and Stein M. Demonstrator influence on observer diet preference: Effects of simple exposure and the presence of a demonstrator. Anim. Learn. Behav. 13 (1985) 25-30
40. Galef Jr. B.G., Mason J.R., Preti G., and Bean N.J. Carbon disulfide: a semiochemical mediating socially-induced diet choice in rats. Physiol. Behav. 42 (1988) 119-124
41. Galef Jr. B.G., McQuoid L.M., and Whiskin E.E. Further evidence that Norway rats do not socially transmit learned aversions to toxic baits. Anim. Learn. Behav. 18 (1990) 199-205
42. Galef Jr. B.G., Beck M., and Whiskin E.E. Protein deficiency magnifies socialinfluences on the food choices of Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). J. Comp. Psychol. 105 (1991) 55-59
43. Galef Jr. B.G., Dudley K.E., and Whiskin E.E. Social learning of food preferences in'dissatisfied' and 'uncertain' rats. Anim. Behav. 75 (2008) 631-637
44. Garcia J., and Ervin F.R. Gustatory-visceral and telerectptor-cutaneous conditioning-adaptation to internal and external milieus. Commun. Behav. Biol. Part A. 1 (1968) 389-415
45. Gerrish C.J., and Alberts J.R. Differential influence of adult and juvenile conspecifics on feeding by Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). J. Comp. Psychol. 109 (1995) 61-67
46. Giraldeau L.A., Valone T.J., and Templeton J.J. Potential disadvantages of using socially acquired information. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B 357 (2002) 1559-1566
47. Grover C.A., Kixmiller J.S., Erickson C.A., Becker A.H., Davis S.F., and Nallan G.B. The social transmission of information concerning aversively conditioned liquids. Psychol. Rec. 38 (1988) 557-566
48. Higgs P.G. The mimetic transition: a simulation study of the evolution of learning by imitation. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 270 (2000) 1355-1361
49. Hill S.E., and Ryan M.J. The role of model female quality in the mate choice copying behaviour of sailfin mollies. Biol. Lett. 2 (2006) 203-205
50. Hile A.G., Burley N.T., Coopersmith C.B., Foster S., and Stiedter G.F. Effects of male vocal learning on female behavior in the budgerigar, Melopsittacus undulatus. Ethology 111 (2005) 901-923
51. Hishimura Y. Food choice in rats (Rattus norvegicus): the effect of exposure to a poisoned conspecific. Jpn. Psychol. J. 42 (1998) 183-187
52. Hishimura Y. Enhancement of food aversion by exposure to a poisoned conspecific in Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). Jpn. Psychol. J. 40 (2000) 172-177
53. Hoppitt W., and Laland K.N. Social processes influencing learning in animals: a review of the evidence. Adv. Study Behav. 38 (2008) 105-165
54. Kendal R.L., Coolen I., and Laland K.N. The role of conformity in foraging when personal and social information conflict. Behav. Ecol. 15 (2004) 269-277
55. Kendal J.R. An investigation into social learning: mechanisms, diffusion dynamics and evolutionary consequences. Unpublished doctoral thesis. (2003) University of Cambridge
56. Kendal R.L., Coolen I., van Bergen Y., and Laland K.N. Trade-offs in the adaptive use of social and asocial learning. Adv. Study Behav. 38 (2005) 333-379
57. Kuan L.A., and Colwill R.M. Demonstration of a socially transmitted aversion in the rat. Psychon. Bull. Rev. 4 (1997) 374-377
58. Lachlan R.F., Crooks L., and Laland K.N. Who follows whom? Shoaling preferences and social learning of foraging information in guppies. Anim. Behav. 56 (1998) 181-190
59. Laland K.N. Social learning strategies. Learn. Behav. 32 (2004) 4-14
60. Laland K.N., and Williams K. Shoaling generates social learning of foraging information in guppies. Anim. Behav. 53 (1997) 1161-1169
61. Laland K.N., and Williams K. Social transmission of maladaptive information in guppies. Behav. Ecol. 9 (1998) 493-499
62. Laland K.N., Richerson P.J., and Boyd R. Developing a theory of animal social learning. In: Heyes C.M., and Galef Jr. B.G. (Eds). Social Learning in Animals: The Roots of Culture (1996), Academic Press, San Diego 129-154
63. Lefebvre L., and Giraldeau L.A. Cultural transmission in pigeons is affected by the number of tutors and bystanders present during demonstration. Anim. Behav. 47 (1994) 331-337
64. Lima S.L., and Dill L.M. The behavioral decisions made under risk of predation- a review and prospectus. Can. J. Zool. 68 (1990) 619-640
65. Nicol C.J., and Pope S.J. Social learning in small flocks of laying hens. Anim. Behav. 52 (1994) 767-774
66. Noble J., Todd P.M., and Tuci E. Explaining social learning of food preferences without aversions: an evolutionary simulation model of Norway rats. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 268 (2001) 141-149
67. Nowicki S., Searcy W.A., and Peters S. Quality of song learning affects female response to male bird song. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 269 (2002) 1949-1954
68. Orrock J.L., Danielson B.J., and Brinckerhoff R.J. Rodent foraging is affected by indirect but not direct cues of predation risk. Behav. Ecol. 15 (2004) 433-437
69. Powell F., and Banks P.B. Do house mice modify their foraging behavior in response to predator odours and habitat?. Anim. Behav. 67 (2004) 753-759
70. Ratcliffe J.M., and ter Hofstede H.M. Roosts as information centres: social learning of food preference in bats. Biol. Lett. 1 (2005) 72-74
71. Rogers A. Does biology constrain culture?. Am. Anthropol. 90 (1988) 819-831
72. Rozin P. Adaptive food sampling patterns in vitamin deficient rats. J. Comp. Physiol. Psychol. 69 (1969) 126-132
73. Rozin P.N., and Schulkin J. Food selection. In: Stricker E.M. (Ed). Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology, vol. 10. Neurobiology of Food and Fluid Intake (1990), Plenum Press, New York 297-321
74. Real L.A. Search theory and mate choice. Am. Nat. 136 (1990) 376-405
75. Saggerson A.L., and Honey R.C. Observational learning of instrumental discriminations in the rat: the role of demonstrator type. Q. J. Exp. Psychol. 59 (2006) 1909-1920
76. Schlag K.H. Why imitate, and if so, how? A bounded rational approach to multi-armed bandits. J. Econ. Theory 78 (1998) 130-156
77. Seligman M.E.P. On the generality of the laws of learning. Psychol. Rev. 77 (1970) 406-418
78. Sih A. Predation risk and the evolutionary ecology of reproductive behavior. J. Fish Biol. 45 (1994) 111-130
79. Steiniger von.F. Beitrage zur Soziologie und sonstigen Biologie der Wanderratte. Zeitschrift fur Tierpsycholgie 7 (1950) 356-370
80. Stricker E.M. Specific appetites and homeostatic systems. In: Berthoud H.R., and Seeley R.J. (Eds). Neural and Metabolic Control of Macronutrient Intake (2000), CRC Press, Baton Rouge 3-11
81. Valsecchi P., Choleris E., Moles A., Guop C., and Mainardi M. Kinship and familiarity as factors affecting transfer of food preferences in Mongolian gerbils (Meriones unguiculatus). J. Comp. Psychol. 110 (1996) 243-251
82. Visalberghi E., and Fragaszy D.M. The behavior of capuchin monkeys, Cebus apella, with novel food: the role of social context. Anim. Behav. 49 (1995) 1089-1095
83. Yoerg S.I. Social feeding reverses learned flavor aversions in spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta). J. Comp. Psychol. 105 (1991) 185-189