The study of observational learning, or learning from others, is a cornerstone of the behavioral sciences, because it grounds the continuity, diversity, and innovation inherent to humanity's cultural repertoire within the social learning capacities of individual humans. In contrast, collective learning, or learning with others, has been underappreciated in terms of its importance to human cognition, cohesion, and culture. We offer a theory of collective learning, wherein the cognitive capacity of collective attention indicates and represents common knowledge across group members, yielding mutually known representations, emotions, evaluations, and beliefs. By enhancing the comprehension of and cohesion with fellow group members, collective attention facilitates communication, remembering, and problem-solving in human groups. We also discuss the implications of collective learning theory for the development of collective identities, social norms, and strategic cooperation. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

中文翻译：

---

共享世界和共享思想：集体学习理论和常识心理学。

对观察学习或向他人学习的研究是行为科学的基石，因为它将人类文化固有的连续性、多样性和创新性建立在个人社会学习能力的基础上。相比之下，集体学习或与他人一起学习，就其对人类认知、凝聚力和文化的重要性而言，却被低估了。我们提供了一种集体学习理论，其中集体注意力的认知能力表明并代表了群体成员之间的共同知识，从而产生了相互已知的表征、情感、评价和信念。通过增强对其他群体成员的理解和凝聚力，集体关注促进了人类群体的交流、记忆和解决问题。我们还讨论了集体学习理论对集体认同、社会规范和战略合作发展的影响。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。