Social Learning Strategies in Networked Groups

Cognitive Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1383-1425

  Wisdom, Thomas N ^a   Song, Xianfeng ^a   Goldstone, Robert L ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conformity bias; Exploration; Frequency bias; Imitation; Innovation diffusion; Problem solving; Similarity bias; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFORMITY BIAS; DECISION MAKING; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FREQUENCY BIAS; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; IMITATION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMILARITY BIAS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL LEARNING;

CONFORMITY BIAS; EXPLORATION; FREQUENCY BIAS; IMITATION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIMILARITY BIAS; SOCIAL LEARNING;

DECISION MAKING; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84887550331     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cogs.12052     Document Type: Article

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