TY - JOUR
T1 - Causal curiosity and the conventionality of culture
AU - Markson, Lori
AU - Diesendruck, Gil
PY - 2005/10
Y1 - 2005/10
N2 - Tomasello et al. argue that cultural cognition derives from humans' unique motivation to share psychological states. We suggest that what underlies this motivation is children's propensity to seek out the underlying causes of behavior. This propensity, combined with children's competence at it, makes them especially skillful at acquiring the intentional, conventional, and reliable forms that constitute culture.
AB - Tomasello et al. argue that cultural cognition derives from humans' unique motivation to share psychological states. We suggest that what underlies this motivation is children's propensity to seek out the underlying causes of behavior. This propensity, combined with children's competence at it, makes them especially skillful at acquiring the intentional, conventional, and reliable forms that constitute culture.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33644853350&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/s0140525x05410122
DO - 10.1017/s0140525x05410122
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AN - SCOPUS:33644853350
SN - 0140-525X
VL - 28
SP - 709
JO - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
JF - Behavioral and Brain Sciences
IS - 5
ER -