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Using programs to solve problems: Imitation versus insight

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 1998

Stan A. Kuczaj ,
John D. Gory  and
Mark J. Xitco
Stan A. Kuczaj
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS 39402 skuczaj@ocean.otr.usm.edu
John D. Gory
Affiliation:
The Living Seas, EPCOT Center, Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830 Dauphinguy@aol.com
Mark J. Xitco
Affiliation:
Space and Naval Warfare Systems, Code D351, San Diego, CA 92152-6506 xitco@nosc.mil
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Abstract

Dolphins exhibit both action-level imitation (ALI) and program-level imitation (PLI). Dolphins may use ALI primarily for social cohesion, whereas PLI seems more likely to occur in goal-directed, problem-solving contexts. Both PLI and insightful problem solving require a recognition of the functional relations between actions and outcomes. Insightful problem solving, however, involves the creation of a program in the absence of a model, and therefore requires a higher order appreciation and application of the relations between actions and outcomes.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 21 , Issue 5 , October 1998 , pp. 695 - 696
Copyright
© 1998 Cambridge University Press

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