Direct and indirect reputation formation in nonhuman great apes (Pan paniscus, pan troglodytes, Gorilla gorilla, Pongo pygmaeus) and human children (Homo sapiens)

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-75

  Herrmann, Esther ^a   Keupp, Stefanie ^a,b   Hare, Brian ^c   Vaish, Amrisha ^a   Tomasello, Michael ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonobos; Chimpanzees; Direct reputation; Human children; Indirect reputation; Orangutans

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GORILLA; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ORANG UTAN; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GORILLA GORILLA; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PAN PANISCUS; PAN TROGLODYTES; PONGO PYGMAEUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84880991050     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0028929     Document Type: Article

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