The role of explanation in the evolution of technology / (Record no. 10366)
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| International Standard Serial Number | 0002-9556 |
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| Transcribing agency | OCT |
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| Personal name | Osiurak, Francois |
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| Uniform title | AJP : The american journal of psychology / |
| Medium | Fall 2024 |
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| Title | The role of explanation in the evolution of technology / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Francois Osiurak, Giovannie Federico, Chloe Bryche, Alexandre Bluet, Maximilien Metaireau, Eleonore Tran, Joel Brogniart, and Nicolas Claidiere |
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| Extent | Vol 137 (3) pages 285-320 : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; |
| Dimensions | 28 cm |
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| General note | One way to pass on our own causal understanding about how a physical system works is to provide a verbal explanation about it, raising the question of the role of explanations in the transmission and evolution of technology. Here we address this question by conducting new analyses on the data collected in 3 previously published microsociety studies, in which participants organized into transmission chains had to improve a technology. In 3 of the 6 conditions reported, the participants were also asked to generate verbal explanations about how the technology works. In 1 of these conditions, these explanations were transmitted to the next participant. Our results indicated that the participants improved the technology and gained a better understanding of it over generations, although they were unable to elaborate on its hidden causes using scientific language. When the explanations were analyzed as instructions, we did find an increase in the quality of the explanations over generations, which was linked to participants' causal understanding. However, this increase had no direct impact on the transmission of the technical content. These findings open interesting avenues for future research on the role of explanation in the evolution of technology and raise the question of whether (explanation-based) teaching is an opportunity for the teacher to increase their own causal understanding.<br/> |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | causal understanding |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | cultural evolution |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | social learning |
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| Topical term or geographic name entry element | teaching |
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| Personal name | Federico, Giovannie |
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| Personal name | Bryche, Chloe |
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| Personal name | Bluet, Alexandre |
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| Personal name | Metaireau, Maximilien |
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| Personal name | Tran, Eleonore |
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| Personal name | Brogniart, Joel |
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| Personal name | Claidiere, Nicolas |
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| Koha item type | Continuing Resources |
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