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  • 19 - Social Learning and Teaching Overview

  • from Part IV - Social Learning and Teaching
  • Edited by Allison B. Kaufman, University of Connecticut, Josep Call, University of St Andrews, Scotland, James C. Kaufman, University of Connecticut
  • Book:
    The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition
    Published online:
    01 July 2021
    Print publication:
    22 July 2021, pp 443-471

  • Summary

    This chapter is an overview of the field of animal social learning (including teaching). It covers how and why social learning is studied in both captive and wild animals, by researchers from various fields with different agendas.I outline the state of play, in studies of captive and wild animals, regarding (i) the various ways in which individuals may learn socially (social learning processes), (ii) the biases they may have in this learning (social learning strategies or transmission biases), and (iii) the evidence for culture and cumulative culture.The interdisciplinary nature of the field is emphasized, through discussion of its influences on theories regarding modularity in the brain (the biological basis of social learning), the evolution of social intelligence, and animal conservation and welfare.