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The selective social learner as an agent of cultural group selection
Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 2016AbstractDevelopmental research characterizes even the youngest learners as critical and selective, capable of preserving or culling cultural information on the bases of informant accuracy, reasoning, or coherence. We suggest that Richerson et al. adjust their account of social learning in cultural group selection (CGS) by taking into consideration the ...
Sarah, Suárez, Melissa, Koenig
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2006
Abstract Individuals sometimes give up their own resources to benefit their neighbors. Such altruistic traits posed a difficulty for the original Darwinian formulation of natural selection, which emphasized the spread of individually advantageous characters. So how have altruistic traits become common in some populations?
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Abstract Individuals sometimes give up their own resources to benefit their neighbors. Such altruistic traits posed a difficulty for the original Darwinian formulation of natural selection, which emphasized the spread of individually advantageous characters. So how have altruistic traits become common in some populations?
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Selectivity in Infant Social Referencing
Infancy, 2009In laboratory studies of social referencing, infants as young as 12 months have been reported to prefer looking at the experimenter over the caregiver for clarifying information. From an expertise perspective, such behavior could be interpreted as if the infant seeks information from others and can discriminate between persons who have or do not have ...
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Selection and self: Selection as a social process
European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 1999Recent developments in theory and research in social psychology make possible an integrated account of selection construed as a social process. This account draws upon social psychological theories of the functions of the self, relationship development, social identity, self-categorization, and emotion.
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Selection and self: Selection as a social process
European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 2002Recent developments in theory and research in social psychology make possible an integrated account of selection construed as a social process. This account draws upon social psychological theories of the functions of the self, relationship development, social identity, self-categorization, and emotion.
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The British Journal of Social Work, 1977
Social work courses need to spell out the characteristics and consequences of particular selection procedures, as a prerequisite of improvement. This article reports a survey of applicants for a postgraduate social work course, where entry is determined by two independent, individual interviews.
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Social work courses need to spell out the characteristics and consequences of particular selection procedures, as a prerequisite of improvement. This article reports a survey of applicants for a postgraduate social work course, where entry is determined by two independent, individual interviews.
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Natural Selection and Social Behaviour
The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1982H. Ronald Pulliam +2 more
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1988
In human populations, more than 1900 Mendelian traits have been documented (McKusick, 1986). When both Mendelian and polygeneic inheritance are considered, the number of genetic diseases becomes about 4000 (McKusick, 1986). The incidence of these diseases in a population depends on the etiology of the trait, the fitness of an individual, and ...
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In human populations, more than 1900 Mendelian traits have been documented (McKusick, 1986). When both Mendelian and polygeneic inheritance are considered, the number of genetic diseases becomes about 4000 (McKusick, 1986). The incidence of these diseases in a population depends on the etiology of the trait, the fitness of an individual, and ...
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