Is tool-making knowledge robust over time and across problems?

Is tool-making knowledge robust over time and across problems?

In three studies, we explored the retention and transfer of tool-making knowledge, learnt from an adult demonstration, to other temporal and task contexts. All studies used a variation of a task in which children had to make a hook tool to retrieve a bucket from a tall transparent tube. Children who...

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Main Authors: Sarah Ruth Beck, Nicola eCutting, Ian Antony eApperly, Zoe eDemery, Leila eIliffe, Sonia eRishi, Jackie eChappell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Problem Solving
Social learning
Tool Use
cognitive development
innovation
analogy
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01395/full

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