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Psychedelics, Sociality, and Human Evolution frontiersin.org 4 facts
claimR. Boyd, P. J. Richerson, and J. Henrich argued that social learning is essential for human adaptation in their 2011 paper on the cultural niche.
claimThe instrumentalization of psilocybin could have enhanced performance in domains such as cognition, sociality, communication, and social learning, potentially increasing the adaptability and fitness of human ancestors.
claimFunctioning in the human socio-cognitive niche required intelligence, technological know-how, social learning, and the capacity for cooperation among non-kin, which was eventually mediated by language, according to Barrett et al. (2007) and Whiten and Erdal (2012).
claimThe spread of mushroom consumption behavior through hominin groups likely involved local enhancement, where naive individuals had their attention drawn to species used by others, and social learning.
Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 3 facts
claimBoyd and Richerson (2000) assert that cultural evolution differs from genetic evolution because culture relies on teaching, imitation, and social learning rather than direct replication, is not restricted to parent-offspring transmission, and is not necessarily particulate or random.
perspectiveCritics of evolutionary psychology often argue that the field embraces genetic determinism, asserting that it views human behavior as determined by genetic make-up and immune to social learning or education.
referenceSusan Mineka and Michael Cook published 'Social Learning and the Acquisition of Snake Fear in Monkeys' in 1988, examining how fear responses are acquired through observation.
Social Epistemology - Open Encyclopedia of Cognitive Science oecs.mit.edu Jul 24, 2024 2 facts
claimSocial epistemology includes the study of networks, social learning, epistemic character, and communicative behavior, and intersects with any field that considers these topics.
claimSocial epistemology intersects with fields that study networks, social learning, epistemic character, and communicative behavior.
The cross-cultural study of mind and behaviour: a word of caution link.springer.com Apr 8, 2022 1 fact
claimTheory of Mind (ToM) is a capacity that all humans, with the exception of autistic individuals, are able to develop through a combination of naturally selected innate proclivities and social or cultural learning.
Social Epistemology - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy plato.stanford.edu Feb 26, 2001 1 fact
referenceIn 'Learning from Neighbours' (1998), Venkatesh Bala and Sanjeev Goyal model how individuals learn information from their social neighbors.
Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 1 fact
claimExperimental research with infants by Shi and Emond (2023) suggests that the Tolerance Principle is a domain-general mechanism applicable to social learning and cultural conventionalization, providing a more accurate account of behavioral data than rational decision processes.