Articles For Lecture 8 Flashcards
what was the focus of warneken and tomasello 2006 study
the study examined altruistic heliping behaviour in human infants and young chimpanzees, comparing their willingness to help adults in various situations.
how many infants participated in the study
24 infants aged 18-24 months participated
how many situations were infants tested in during the study?
10 different situations where an adult was having trouble achieving a goal.
how many tasks did the infants help in duirng the study
6 out of 10 tasks
what percentage of the helping acts occurred within the first 10s
84%
how many of the infants helped in at least one task
22 out of 24
how did the chimpanzees results differ from the human results
chimpanzees did not reliably help in the tasks, results being negative for non-human primates