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Does a peer model’s task proficiency influence children’s solution choice and innovation? (2015)
Journal Article
Wood, L., Kendal, R., & Flynn, E. (2015). Does a peer model’s task proficiency influence children’s solution choice and innovation?. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 139, 190-202. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2015.06.003

The current study investigated whether 4- to 6-year-old children’s task solution choice was influenced by the past proficiency of familiar peer models and the children’s personal prior task experience. Peer past proficiency was established through be... Read More about Does a peer model’s task proficiency influence children’s solution choice and innovation?.

Imitate or Innovate? Children’s Innovation is Influenced by the Efficacy of Observed Behaviour (2015)
Journal Article
Carr, K., Kendal, R., & Flynn, E. (2015). Imitate or Innovate? Children’s Innovation is Influenced by the Efficacy of Observed Behaviour. Cognition, 142, 322-332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cognition.2015.05.005

This study investigated the age at which children judge it futile to imitate unreliable information, in the form of a visibly ineffective demonstrated solution, and deviate to produce novel solutions (‘innovations’). Children aged 4–9 years were pres... Read More about Imitate or Innovate? Children’s Innovation is Influenced by the Efficacy of Observed Behaviour.

Social learning and culture in non-human organisms (2015)
Book Chapter
Kendal, R. (2015). Social learning and culture in non-human organisms. In J. Wright (Ed.), International encyclopedia of the social and behavioural sciences (401-408). (2nd ed.). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-08-097086-8.81043-0

The article reviews the field of animal social learning and culture, covering how and why it is studied in both captive and wild animals, by researchers with often differing agendas. Our increasing understanding of the adaptive value of social learni... Read More about Social learning and culture in non-human organisms.

Subjectivity may hinder the application of Kline's teaching framework in comparative contexts (2015)
Journal Article
Dean, L., & Kendal, R. (2015). Subjectivity may hinder the application of Kline's teaching framework in comparative contexts. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 38, Article e38. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0140525x14000478

We welcome Kline's attempt to develop an overarching framework to allow much needed collaboration between fields in the study of teaching. While we see much utility in this enterprise, we are concerned that there is too much focus on the behavior of... Read More about Subjectivity may hinder the application of Kline's teaching framework in comparative contexts.