Book/Printed Material Learning in social context : the nature and profit of living in groups for development
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Title
- Learning in social context : the nature and profit of living in groups for development
Summary
- One of the distinctive features of humans is their unique sociality. Humans live in organized societies that are characterized by a high level of interdependence of group members in various aspects of life, ranging from the economic phenomenon of labour division to providing emotional support to others. Under these circumstances, the capacity to track social connections within and between groups has great adaptive value in managing everyday life. We may understand the importance and adaptive value of tracking the scope of culturally shared knowledge if we consider the importance of cultural norms in guiding behaviour. To become a competent member of their cultural group one must be able to conform to the group's specific behavioural norms and to accumulate culturally shared knowledge. Acquiring this knowledge is essential for successful social interactions. In contrast to current dominant explanatory theories emphasizing that social category formation is simply rooted in humans' need to belong and affiliate with a group, the aim of this e-book is to provide evidence that, in addition to its affiliative role, children form social categories for epistemic purposes.
Names
- Buttelmann, David, editor.
- Kir aly, Ildik o, editor.
Created / Published
- [Lausanne, Switzerland] : Frontiers Media SA, March 09, 2017.
- 2017
Headings
- - Cognition and culture
Genre
- Electronic books
Notes
- - Published in: Frontiers in Psychology.
- - Includes bibliographical references.
- - Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (journal.frontiers Media WWW site, viewed August 05, 2020).
Medium
- 1 online resource
Call Number/Physical Location
- BF311
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2020405281
Rights Advisory
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International. CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode External
Access Advisory
- Unrestricted online access
Online Format
- image