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Social learning commonly refers to the social transfer of information and skill among individuals. It encompasses a wide range of behaviours that include where and how to obtain food, how to interact with members of one's own social group, and to identify and respond appropriately to predators. The behaviour of experienced individuals provides natural sources of information, by which inexperienced individuals may learn about the opportunities and hazards of their environment, and develop and modify their own behaviour as a result. A wide diversity of species is discussed in this book, some of which have never been discussed in this context before, and particular reference is made to their natural life strategies. Social learning in humans is also considered by comparison with other mammals, especially in their technological and craft traditions. Moreover, a discussion is included of the social learning abilities of prehistoric hominids.

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Zoology & animal sciences

• Full title: Mammalian Social Learning
• Subtitle: Comparative and Ecological Perspectives
• Author: Hilary O. BoxKathleen R. Gibson
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 442
• EAN: 9780521632638
• ISBN: 0521632633
• ID: 02038324
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Weight: 855 g
• Dimensions: 236 × 159 × 26 mm
• Date of publishing: 07. October 1999

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