The Importance of Comparative Psychology for Developmental Science

Autor/inn/en	Liebal, Katja; Haun, Daniel B. M.
Titel	The Importance of Comparative Psychology for Developmental Science
Quelle	In: International Journal of Developmental Science, 6 (2012) 1-2, S.21-23 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2192-001X
DOI	10.3233/DEV-2012-11088
Schlagwörter	Developmental Psychology; Comparative Analysis; Experimental Psychology; Thinking Skills; Primatology; Children; Brain; Cognitive Processes; Evolution; Foreign Countries; Congo; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Entwicklungspsychologie; Experimentelle Psychologie; Denkfähigkeit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gehirn; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Ausland; Kongo; Afrika
Abstract	The aim of this essay is to elucidate the relevance of cross-species comparisons for the investigation of human behavior and its development. The focus is on the comparison of human children and another group of primates, the non-human great apes, with special attention to their cognitive skills. Integrating a comparative and developmental perspective, we argue, can provide additional answers to central and elusive questions about human behavior in general and its development in particular: What are the heritable predispositions of the human mind? What cognitive traits are uniquely human? In this sense, Developmental Science would benefit from results of Comparative Psychology. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01