Copying results and copying actions in the process of social learning: Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and human children (Homo sapiens)

Animal Cognition

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 151-163

  Call, Josep ^a,b   Carpenter, Malinda ^a,b   Tomasello, Michael ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Chimpanzee; Emulation; Imitation; Social learning

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

HOMO SAPIENS; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 23944475090     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-004-0237-8     Document Type: Article

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