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Preschool children's learning proclivities: When the ritual stance trumps the instrumental stance (2016)
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Wilks, M., Kapitány, R., & Nielsen, M. (2016). Preschool children's learning proclivities: When the ritual stance trumps the instrumental stance. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 34(3), 402-414. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12139

Previous research has demonstrated an efficiency bias in social learning whereby young children preferentially imitate the functional actions of a successful individual over an unsuccessful group member. Our aim in the current research was to examine... Read More about Preschool children's learning proclivities: When the ritual stance trumps the instrumental stance.