Opportunities and constraints when studying social learning: Developmental approaches and social factors

Learning and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-205

  Lonsdorf, Elizabeth V ^a,b   Bonnie, Kristin E ^a,c  

^a LINCOLN PARK ZOO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c BELOIT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EVOLUTION; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CULTURE; EVOLUTION; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77957014172     PISSN: 15434494     EISSN: 15434508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/LB.38.3.195     Document Type: Article

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