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Direct linkFletcher, Grace E.; Warneken, Felix; Tomasello, Michael – Cognitive Development, 2012
We compared the performance of 3- and 5-year-old children with that of chimpanzees in two tasks requiring collaboration via complementary roles. In both tasks, children and chimpanzees were able to coordinate two complementary roles with peers and solve the problem cooperatively. This is the first experimental demonstration of the coordination of…
Descriptors: Preschool Curriculum, Learning Activities, Cooperation, Cognitive Processes
Warneken, Felix; Chen, Frances; Tomasello, Michael – Child Development, 2006
Human children 18-24 months of age and 3 young chimpanzees interacted in 4 cooperative activities with a human adult partner. The human children successfully participated in cooperative problem-solving activities and social games, whereas the chimpanzees were uninterested in the social games. As an experimental manipulation, in each task the adult…
Descriptors: Young Children, Animals, Interaction, Group Activities
