Rattling the developmental psychologist's cage?

In her provocative paper, Heyes argues that recent research on the development of social learning that suggests that even infants show selectivity in when and who to copy, has failed to demonstrate that it is a distinctive feature of human social learning (Harris, 2012; Mills, 2013; Poulin-Dubois & Brosseau-Liard, in press; Wood, Kendall & Flynn, 2013). In order to do so, Heyes advises developmental scientists to develop their research program in three directions: distinguish between functions andpsychologicalmechanisms; fully integrate the findings with the rest of cognitive science; recognize that multiple sources can account for specialized mechanisms.