Great Apes and Human Development: A Personal History

In this article, I recount my history of research with great apes. From the beginning, the idea was to compare apes to human children, with an eye to discovering facts relevant to describing and explaining processes of human development. The research went through three more or less distinct stages,...

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Published in:Child development perspectives 2018-09, Vol.12 (3), p.189-193
Main Author: Tomasello, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
apes
Comparative analysis
Cooperation
development
Developmental psychology
evolution
Human development
Intention
Monkeys & apes
Primates
Prospects
Social cognition
Social learning
Theory of mind
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Summary:In this article, I recount my history of research with great apes. From the beginning, the idea was to compare apes to human children, with an eye to discovering facts relevant to describing and explaining processes of human development. The research went through three more or less distinct stages, focusing on communication and social learning, social cognition and theory of mind, and cooperation and shared intentionality. I conclude by identifying problems and prospects for comparative research in developmental psychology.
ISSN:1750-8592
1750-8606
DOI:10.1111/cdep.12281