Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of Experience
Social learning often occurs between groups with different levels of experience. Yet little is known about the ideal behavioral rules in such contexts. Existing insights only apply when individuals learn from each other in the same group. In this paper, we close this gap and consider two groups, nov...
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| description | Social learning often occurs between groups with different levels of experience. Yet little is known about the ideal behavioral rules in such contexts. Existing insights only apply when individuals learn from each other in the same group. In this paper, we close this gap and consider two groups, novices and experienced. Experienced should not learn from novices. For novices learning from experienced, a particular form of probabilistic imitation is selected. Novices should imitate any experienced who is more successful, and sometimes but not always imitate an experienced who is less successful. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e27214de74da43cbaa586857673551d02023-11-24T00:12:53ZengMDPI AGGames2073-43362022-09-011356010.3390/g13050060Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of ExperienceKarl H. Schlag0Economics Department, University of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, AustriaSocial learning often occurs between groups with different levels of experience. Yet little is known about the ideal behavioral rules in such contexts. Existing insights only apply when individuals learn from each other in the same group. In this paper, we close this gap and consider two groups, novices and experienced. Experienced should not learn from novices. For novices learning from experienced, a particular form of probabilistic imitation is selected. Novices should imitate any experienced who is more successful, and sometimes but not always imitate an experienced who is less successful.https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4336/13/5/60imitationsocial learningexperienceimprovingreverse proportional imitation |
| spellingShingle | Karl H. Schlag Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of Experience Games imitation social learning experience improving reverse proportional imitation |
| title | Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of Experience |
| title_full | Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of Experience |
| title_fullStr | Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of Experience |
| title_full_unstemmed | Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of Experience |
| title_short | Social Learning between Groups: Imitation and the Role of Experience |
| title_sort | social learning between groups imitation and the role of experience |
| topic | imitation social learning experience improving reverse proportional imitation |
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