Social learning

Social learning, in the broadest sense, refers to acquiring information from others.

See also

• Contagion
• Copying
• Emulation
• Imitation
• Local enhancement
• Mimicry
• Observational learning
• Social facilitation
• Stimulus enhancement
• Teaching

Key texts

Papers

• Zentall, T.R. (2006). Imitation: Definitions, evidence, and mechanisms. Animal Cognition, 9, 335-353. (A thorough review of different types of social learning) Full text