Observational Learning in Monkeys and Apes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5267668 |
|---|---|
| Authors | K R L Hall (0000-0003-2394-5624), Katie Hall (0000-0003-4217-7245, University of Bristol, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1963 |
| Volume | 54 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 201-226 |
| Publication date | 1963-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1963.tb00877.x |
| PMID | 14051442 |
| OpenAlex | W1986225349 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
In natural groups of mammals, there is a variety of social influences which seem to inhibit or facilitate the expression of instinctive behaviour-patterns, and indeed which contribute importantly to the form the repertoire of behaviour characteristic of the species takes. Such influences include what goes under the terms 'social facilitation' and 'imitation', as well as other terms such as 'identification' which imply a special affectional relationship.From an analysis of the evidence about these influences on monkeys and apes, it is clear that negative experimental findings have often been due to the limitations of the experimental procedures, and that some of the positive findings are difficult to interpret or assess for validity because of deficient method. By and large, there is convincing observational evidence, chiefly from informal developmental and from field studies, that young monkeys and apes acquire certain basic feeding and avoidance habits chiefly by applying their exploratory tendencies to places and objects indicated in the behaviour of their mothers or others of the group.Although, in terms of learning operations, it is unlikely that much more than stimulus-enhancement or place discriminations is usually involved, a 'new' motor sequence almost never being in evidence, there is no doubt that the affectional situation of the participants is crucial as to whether a 'demonstrator' is attended to, closely approached, and 'imitated', or not. The nature of the affectional variables and their influence upon learning require extensive experimental study and analysis, and a comparison with related forms of early learning, such as imprinting, can then be made
Cognitive psychology · Developmental psychology · Experiential learning · Facilitation · Imitation · Instinct · Observational learning · Observational study · Reinforcement · Repertoire · Social facilitation · Social learning · Stimulus (psychology) · Child and Animal Learning Development · Ecology · Memory and Neural Mechanisms · Neuroscience · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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On the Nature and Evolution of Imitation in the Animal Kingdom
Social Learning in Animals
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Observational learning of tool-use by young chimpanzees
Social cognition of monkeys and apes
Observations on the ontogeny of feeding behavior in mountain gorillas ( Gorilla gorilla beringei )
An exploratory study of gaze‐monitoring in nonhuman primates 1
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The instinct to teach
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Observation learning of tool use by captive Guinea baboons ( Papio papio )
Cross‐site differences in foraging behavior of white‐faced capuchins ( Cebus capucinus )
Technology and Society during the Middle Pleistocene
Baboons, chimpanzees, and tools
Development of tool-use to obtain food in a captive group of Macaca tonkeana
Learning What Comes Naturally
Nonhuman Primate learning
On the Evolution of Tool-Using Behavior1
Love Poverty in Modern Culture and Sensitivity Training
| Citations per year | 0.35 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1964 - 2002 (39) |
| Highly cited | No |