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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      13 August 2009
      21 February 2002
      ISBN:
      9780511542282
      9780521770309
      9780521283328
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511542282
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.78kg, 392 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (229 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.57kg, 390 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Animal Behaviour, Life Sciences, Neurosciences
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    It is well known that children's activities are full of pretending and imagination, but it is less appreciated that animals can also show similar activities. Originally published in 2002, this book focuses on comparing and contrasting children's and animals' pretenses and imaginative activities. In the text, overviews of research present conflicting interpretations of children's understanding of the psychology of pretense, and describe sociocultural factors which influence children's pretenses. Studies of nonhuman primates provide examples of their pretenses and other simulative activities, explore their representational and imaginative capacities and compare their skills with children. Although the psychological requirements for pretending are controversial, evidence presented in this volume suggests that great apes and even monkeys may share capacities for imagination with children, and that children's early pretenses may be less psychological than they appear.

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    Review of the hardback:'This is a stimulating book. You will find (i) essays of straightforward data whose relation to the larger issues raised seems unclear, (ii) ideas that stimulate your own 'imagination', (iii) detailed statements by some of the better known human researchers of chimpanzees and gorillas, and (iv) how the clever methodologies used to study human children can be appropriated for work with non-human primates.'

    Source: Ethology

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