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RBDT: A Computerized Task System based in Transposition for the Continuous Analysis of Relational Behavior Dynamics in Humans
Published on: July 17, 2021
A cognitive transition underlying both technological and social aspects of cumulative culture
Liane Gabora1, Cameron M Smith2
1Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Fipke Centre for Innovative Research, Kelowna, BCV1V 1V7, Canadaliane.gabora@ubc.cahttps://people.ok.ubc.ca/lgabora/.
Abstract:
The argument that cumulative technological culture originates in technical-reasoning skills is not the only alternative to social accounts; another possibility is that accumulation of both technical-reasoning skills and enhanced social skills stemmed from the onset of a more basic cognitive ability such as recursive representational redescription. The paper confuses individual learning of pre-existing information with creative generation of new information.
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