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instructed learning

the second stage of cultural learning, in which a more accomplished person instructs a less accomplished person. The process requires that learners grasp the instructor’s understanding of the task and then compare it with their own understanding. See also collaborative learning; imitative learning. [proposed by U.S. psychologist Michael Tomasello (1950–  ) and colleagues]

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optimal arousal theory

optimal arousal theory

see principle of optimal stimulation.