found that 5-year-olds
who were previously naive to a puzzle box that could be operated by two different methods became
canalized to using just one demonstrated method significantly more than children who had previously
explored the box and successfully innovated solutions. Likewise, the presentation of social
information before interaction with an object can canalize interactions and limit exploratory play in
4-year-olds (Bonawitz et al., 2011). These results suggest that a copy when uncertain strategy could
inhibit innovation and lead to a canalized social tradition. The current study aimed to investigate
whether this canalization would happen in relation to a model age-based bias; would uncertainty
increase conservatism toward a particular model?