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- May 2023
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psychology.cornell.edu psychology.cornell.edu
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“Protracted immaturity and dependence on paternal care is not an unfortunate byproduct of our evolution but instead a highly adaptive trait of our species, which has enabled human infants to efficiently organize attention to social agents and learn efficiently from social output
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- "“Protracted immaturity and dependence on paternal care
- is not an unfortunate byproduct of our evolution
- but instead a highly adaptive trait of our species,
- which has enabled human infants to
- efficiently organize attention to social agents and
- learn efficiently from social output,”
- “The evolutionary goal of altricial species is
- not to become highly competent as quickly as possible
- but rather to excel at learning over time.”
- "“Protracted immaturity and dependence on paternal care
- Authors
- Michael Goldstein,
- Katerina Faust,
- Samantha Carouso-Peck
- Mary R. Elson
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the beauty of perceptual immaturity in altricial species is that it makes learning easier by reducing the complexity of the world
- the beauty of perceptual immaturity in altricial species is that
- it makes learning easier by reducing the complexity of the world,” the researchers wrote.
- Parents are key to altricial learning, Goldstein said,
- forming a two-way system of feedback.
- Far from being passive recipients, he said,
- infants of many species can change the behavior of their parents
- in ways that actively shape their own developments.
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- Title
- The Origins of Social Knowledge in Altricial Species,
- Journal
- The Annual Review of Developmental Psychology, - -
- Publication Date
- Dec, 2021
- Authors
- Michael Goldstein,
- Katerina Faust,
- Samantha Carouso-Peck and
- Mary R. Elson
- Title
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- Feb 2023
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news.cornell.edu news.cornell.edu
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- = human being's = altricial nature - is an = evolutionary adaptation
- resulting in exceptional = complex social learning
- tradeoff of helplessness at birth
- is complex social learning
- that enables cumulative cultural evolution
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“The evolutionary goal of altricial species is not to become highly competent as quickly as possible but rather to excel at learning over time.”
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- The evolutionary goal of altricial species
- is not to become highly competent as quickly as possible - but rather to
- excel at learning over time.
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extended altriciality creates opportunities for sophisticated social learning within the parent-offspring system.
- = extended altriciality
- creates opportunities for sophisticated = social learning
- within the = parent-offspring system.
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