This paper proposes a behavioral model of social learning that unies various forms of inferential reasoning in one … present evidence from three sources that these are the prevalent types of reasoning in social learning: a review of social … learning studies, existing data from Celen and Kariv (2004) as well as new experimental data that includes written accounts of …

The black box method was developed as an "asocial control" to allow for payoff-based learning while eliminating social … participants can unwittingly affect the learning of other participants. Here, we test a solution to this problem in a range of … no significant differences in rates of learning between the original and the computerised black box, therefore either …

via social learning. Using an online social dilemma experiment, we find evidence that participants' contributions were … learning strategies employed within the experiment, but that this cooperative propensity could be reduced through selection …