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Hoist by their own petard: The constraints of hierarchical models
B. Vereijken, H. T. A. Whiting
Journal: Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Volume 21 / Issue 5 / October 1998
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 October 1998, p. 705
Print publication: October 1998
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In the context of the motor skill literature on observational learning and hierarchical skill structuring, Byrne & Russon's findings call into question their standpoint that great apes imitate the behaviour of role models at the programme level. The authors impose a hierarchical model on their observations without properly considering alternative explanations. One such possibility, which stems from a constraints perspective that they dismiss, is put forward.