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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Publicado en:	Journal of Comparative Psychology Vol. 109; pp. 308 - 321
Autores principales:	Call, Josep, Tomasello, Michael
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	American Psychological Association September 1995
Materias:	Social learning Problem solving Psychology, Comparative Preschool children Orangutan behavior Social behavior in mammals Primates
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