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Fletcher, 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