Conformity and its look-a-likes

Conformity and its look-a-likes

•The study of conformity currently suffers from definitional ambiguity.•Conformity and conformist transmission are distinct majority influences.•These majority influences are defined in terms of individuals, not mere occurrences.•The majority of individuals does not necessarily equal the majority of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Animal behaviour 2015-12, Vol.110, p.e1-e4
Hauptverfasser: van Leeuwen, Edwin J.C., Kendal, Rachel L., Tennie, Claudio, Haun, Daniel B.M.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
comparative psychology
conformist transmission
conformity
learning biases
majority influences
social learning
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Zusammenfassung:•The study of conformity currently suffers from definitional ambiguity.•Conformity and conformist transmission are distinct majority influences.•These majority influences are defined in terms of individuals, not mere occurrences.•The majority of individuals does not necessarily equal the majority of occurrences.•Majority influence can only be identified with individuals' observation records.
ISSN:0003-3472
DOI:10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.07.030