Children Conform to the Behavior of Peers; Other Great Apes Stick With What They Know

Psychological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2160-2167

  Haun, Daniel B M ^a   Rekers, Yvonne ^b   Tomasello, Michael ^b  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

culture; development; great apes; social learning

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HOMINID; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; ORANGUTAN; PAN TROGLODYTES; PEER GROUP; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CULTURE; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MALE; PAN TROGLODYTES; PEER GROUP; PONGO; SOCIAL CONFORMITY;

EID: 84918795400     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797614553235     Document Type: Article

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