Visual Media Influence on Behavior
Abstract
This project involves basic research into the cognitive mechanisms underlying culture transmission. By culture is meant a pool of shared information; to say that that information is transmitted, however, is to use a vague label for the end result of an unknown number of cognitive processes loosely involving social learning and which range from language acquisition to moral development. Each of these processes is likely to operate differently at different ages, may or may not differ across gender, may or may not be affected by social environment (including ethnicity and also including the actions of others), likely has an age-related developmental trajectory, and serves functions at the level of individual psychology; their operation across many individuals results in an apparent transmission of culture. This project focuses on how we may acquire/edit information from those with whom we form brief social relationships.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 17, 2013
- Accession Number
- ADA597109
Entities
People
- Jerome H. Barkow
- Lynda Boothroyd
- Rick O'gorman
Organizations
- Queen's University Belfast