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Use of social information in the problem solving of orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and human children (Homo sapiens)

Fourteen juvenile and adult orangutans and 24 3- and 4-year-old children participated in 4 studies on imitative learning in a problem-solving situation. In all studies a simple to operate apparatus was used, but its internal mechanism was hidden from subjects to prevent individual learning. In the...

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Published in:Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol. 109; pp. 308 - 321
Main Authors: Call, Josep, Tomasello, Michael
Format: Article
Published: American Psychological Association September 1995
Subjects:
Social learning
Problem solving
Psychology, Comparative
Preschool children
Orangutan behavior
Social behavior in mammals
Primates
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