Learning from others' mistakes? Limits on understanding a trap-tube task by young chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and children (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 12-21

  Horner, Victoria ^a,b   Whiten, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal; Causal relations; Children; Chimpanzees; Learning; Observed mistakes; Observed successes; Trap tube

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; APPETITE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; APPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONCEPT FORMATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMITATIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; MOTIVATION; PAN TROGLODYTES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33847616149     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.121.1.12     Document Type: Article

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