Processes of social learning in the tool use of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and human children (Homo sapiens)

• Published in: Journal of comparative psychology (1983) Vol. 107; no. 2; p. 174
• Main Authors: Nagell, K, Olguin, R S, Tomasello, M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.1993
• Subjects: Animals; Behavior, Animal; Child; Child Behavior; Child, Preschool; Culture; Female; Habituation, Psychophysiologic; Humans; Imitative Behavior; Infant; Learning; Male; Pan troglodytes; Pilot Projects; Task Performance and Analysis

Common chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) and 2-year-old human children (Homo sapiens) were presented with a rakelike tool and a desirable but out-of-reach object. One group of subjects observed a human demonstrator use the tool in one way, and another group observed a demonstrator use the tool in anothe...