Department of Psychology,University of California,Davis,Davis,CA
Behav Brain Sci. 2014 Jun;37(3):272-3. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X13003002.
I suggest that we should distinguish between weak and strong group-level traits. It is the latter that are especially problematic for developing models of cultural evolution. Using Campbell's notion of vicarious selection mechanisms, I argue that these mechanisms become intertwined with other group-level traits resulting in selection-transmission thickets that are obstacles to modeling cultural evolution.
我建议我们应该区分弱的和强的群体层面特征。正是后者给发展文化进化模型带来了特别的问题。我利用坎贝尔(Campbell)的替代选择机制概念,认为这些机制与其他群体层面特征交织在一起,导致选择-传递的纠结,成为文化进化建模的障碍。