Can bifocal stance theory explain children's selectivity in active information transmission?

• DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x22001327
• Publication Date: 2022-11-10T08:27:04Z
• Authors: Marina Bazhydai; Didar Karadağ
• Keywords: Information transmission; Social Learning

To shed light on the key premise of bifocal stance theory (BST) that social learners flexibly take instrumental and ritual stances, we focus developmental origins child-led information transmission, or teaching, as a core learning strategy. We highlight children's emerging selectivity in transmission influenced by epistemic factors call for systematic investigation proposed stance-taking.