TY - JOUR
T1 - The benefits of an evolutionary framework for the investigation of teaching behaviour
T2 - emphasis should be taken off humans as a benchmark
AU - Ridley, Amanda R.
AU - Ashton, Benjamin J.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - We agree with Kline that a lack of unification is preventing progress in understanding the occurrence of teaching behaviour and the selective pressures influencing its presence. However, we feel that the proposed framework, which incorporates mentalistic and cultural approaches, continues to overlook cases of teaching in nonhuman animals. We advocate the comparative functionalist framework to identify the proximate causes of teaching behaviour in both humans and other animals.
AB - We agree with Kline that a lack of unification is preventing progress in understanding the occurrence of teaching behaviour and the selective pressures influencing its presence. However, we feel that the proposed framework, which incorporates mentalistic and cultural approaches, continues to overlook cases of teaching in nonhuman animals. We advocate the comparative functionalist framework to identify the proximate causes of teaching behaviour in both humans and other animals.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84930847429&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0140525X14000582
DO - 10.1017/S0140525X14000582
M3 - Comment/opinion
C2 - 26786068
AN - SCOPUS:84930847429
VL - 38
SP - 41
EP - 42
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
SN - 0140-525X
M1 - e59
ER -