I have multiple iPhones using a single iTunes account.

Periodically, apps that were downloaded on 1 device will pop up on another device, without being synced to a computer or being manually downloaded. Is there any way to stop this from occuring? The original downloads were done on an iPhone 4, the device the apps are showing up on without explanation is a iPhone 3GS.

There IS a way to turn it off. Settings/Store - Automatic Downloads. Turn Apps off.
BTW, as I discovered last week on a trip to Germany from the US this "feature" can get very expensive if you have data roaming enabled. I did, because I had added a roaming data package, but that extra unexpected 8 MB cost me.

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