Mathematical models of social learning
Alright kiddo, so social learning is when we learn from others by watching what they do or say. For example, when you see your friends sharing their toys, you might learn to share too.
Mathematical models of social learning are like pretend play games that scientists use to understand how social learning works. They use them to help them figure out why we copy some behaviors, but not others.
The scientists make up rules for the pretend game, like how often people learn from each other, and how much they trust each other. Then they watch what happens in the pretend game to see what they can learn about how people really learn from each other.
Just like how you learn by watching others, scientists learn by watching the pretend game. They use what they learn to help them understand how we learn from each other in real life.
Does that make sense, kiddo?
Mathematical models of social learning are like pretend play games that scientists use to understand how social learning works. They use them to help them figure out why we copy some behaviors, but not others.
The scientists make up rules for the pretend game, like how often people learn from each other, and how much they trust each other. Then they watch what happens in the pretend game to see what they can learn about how people really learn from each other.
Just like how you learn by watching others, scientists learn by watching the pretend game. They use what they learn to help them understand how we learn from each other in real life.
Does that make sense, kiddo?