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Tomasello, Michael – Natural History, 1997
A human demonstrator showed human children and captive chimpanzees how to drag food or toys closer using a rakelike tool. One side of the rake was less efficient than the other for dragging. Chimps tried to reproduce results rather than methods while children imitated and used the more efficient rake side. Concludes that imitation leads to…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Behavioral Sciences, Early Childhood Education, Imitation
