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social learning

In psychological theory, a change in behaviour that is controlled by environmental influences rather than by innate or internal forces. In zoology, social learning is exhibited by innumerable species of birds and mammals, who modify their behaviour by observing and imitating the adults around them. Birdsong is a socially learned behaviour.



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Rozwell added social learning to the core components that a CLS should provide for the 2009 report, noting that "social software tools for supporting the structured social learning activities of individuals, teams and learning communities have increased in importance.
The Oregon Social Learning Center, an independent nonprofit research organization in Eugene, has received a $3.
The results also showed that direct social learning does generate point clusters, but that this is partially mimicked by homophily-a situation where people who are independently predisposed to committing suicide tend to reside close to one another.
 
 
 
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