Outputs (3)

The Transmission and Evolution of Experimental Microcultures in Groups of Young Children (2010)
Journal Article
Whiten, A., & Flynn, E. (2010). The Transmission and Evolution of Experimental Microcultures in Groups of Young Children. Developmental Psychology, 46(6), 1694-1709. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0020786

A new experimental microculture approach was developed to investigate the creation and transmission of differing traditions in small communities of young children. Four playgroups, with a total of 88 children, participated. In each of 2 playgroups, a... Read More about The Transmission and Evolution of Experimental Microcultures in Groups of Young Children.

Studying children’s social learning experimentally “in the wild” (2010)
Journal Article
Flynn, E., & Whiten, A. (2010). Studying children’s social learning experimentally “in the wild”. Learning & Behavior, 38(3), 284-296. https://doi.org/10.3758/lb.38.3.284

Diffusion studies are taking us a step closer to understanding social learning and cultural transmission in young children. The first half of this article presents a review that focuses on four main cultural issues addressed by diffusion studies: (1)... Read More about Studying children’s social learning experimentally “in the wild”.

Observational learning of tool use in children: Investigating cultural spread through diffusion chains and learning mechanisms through ghost displays (2010)
Journal Article
Hopper, L., Flynn, E., Wood, L., & Whiten, A. (2010). Observational learning of tool use in children: Investigating cultural spread through diffusion chains and learning mechanisms through ghost displays. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 106(1), 82-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2009.12.001

In the first of two experiments, we demonstrate the spread of a novel form of tool use across 20 “cultural generations” of child-to-child transmission. An experimentally seeded technique spread with 100% fidelity along twice as many “generations” as... Read More about Observational learning of tool use in children: Investigating cultural spread through diffusion chains and learning mechanisms through ghost displays.