Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX78712.
Behav Brain Sci. 2020 Aug 10;43:e175. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X20000217.
Innovation is fundamental to cumulative culture, allowing progressive modification of existing technology. The authors define innovation as an asocial process, uninfluenced by social information. We argue that innovation is inherently social - innovation is frequently the product of modifying others' outputs, and successful innovations are acquired by others. Research should target examination of the cognitive underpinnings of socially-mediated innovations.
创新是累积文化的基础,允许对现有技术进行渐进式修改。作者将创新定义为一种非社会性的过程,不受社会信息的影响。我们认为创新本质上是社会性的 - 创新通常是修改他人成果的产物,而成功的创新则被他人获得。研究应该针对社会中介创新的认知基础进行。