Our focus here falls on those competencies that require some kind
of formal instruction, tuition, or scaffolding on the
part of the individuals, organizations, and/or media
of the ambient society. Put differently, we direct our
attention to those forms of learning that do not occur
automatically, readily, naturally, or by dint of simply
living in a certain place at a certain time. (In this way,
we also eliminate from consideration most of what is
considered learning in organisms other than primates
and higher mammals; cf. Hauser 2000.)
