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The importance of comparative psychology for developmental science

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Liebal,  Katja
Department of Education and Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology/Languages of Emotion, Freie Universitat Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK;
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Haun,  Daniel B. M.       
Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK;
Max Planck Research Group for Comparative Cognitive Anthropology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;
Department of Developmental and Comparative Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society;

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Liebal, K., & Haun, D. B. M. (2012). The importance of comparative psychology for developmental science. International Journal of Developmental Science, 6, 21-23. doi:10.3233/DEV-2012-11088.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/11858/00-001M-0000-0014-1CFF-0
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.