Chapter 6

Question 1

The transfer of information from individual to individual through teaching or social learning

Answer 1

cultural transmission

Question 2

Learning via the observation of others. Observation is used in a broad sense and can include obtaining information through olfaction and other senses besides sight

Answer 2

social learning

Question 3

The acquisition of a topographically novel response through observation of a demonstrator making that response

Answer 3

imitation

Question 4

Behavior that occurs when an observer repeats the actions of a demonstrator

Answer 4

copy

Question 5

A behavior that occurs when one individual serves as an instructor and at least one other individual acts as a student that learns from the instructor

Answer 5

teaching

Question 6

Cultural transmission in which information is passed directly from parents to offspring

Answer 6

vertical cultural transmission

Question 7

Cultural transmission in which information is passed across individuals of the same age or peer group

Answer 7

horizontal cultural transmission

Question 8

Cultural transmission in which information is passed across generations but not from parent to offspring

Answer 8

oblique cultural transmission