Learning 3- social learning Flashcards
social cognition vs social learning
cognition- knowledge about others in the group
learning- learning from others in the group ( easier than trial error and have better results)
what is the chemical smell needed for food preference transmission
carbon disulphide
observational learning in mobbing- what does demonstrator function as
demonstraator functions as a US + releases behaviour
-neutral stim turns into CS
what is individual learning
not social, animals learns by trial and error
what is social facilitation
being around others increases arousal levels and lead to increased activity which may be better
what is stim enhancement
interaction of demonstrator and object draws attention to it
What is emulation
Observing events teaches the subject how env works and what is possible
T/F when rats observe other rats switch do they do it to
T in same direction
What is imitation
coppies the exact behavior (perceotual opaque)
what is an example of culture and not culture in animals
potatoo
non- stick fishing
Darwin principle of antithesis
signals of opposite meaning are opposite
When vervet monkey cried wolf what happened
habituation didnt transfer to other calls, b/w animals or b/w calls of same animal
3 aspects of human languge
1) Intentional
2) referential
3) syntactic/ recursive
What should animals strive to maximize in foraging
E/T+s
Dessision to eat prey is influenced by
decision to eat small prey influenced by availibility of big
