Cooperation

I just read an excellent article by my brother about raising children :
http://www.sixteensmallstones.org/what-would-jesus-do-a-discussion-between-a-six-year-old-and-her-four-year-old-sister
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Then I read this in a Reuter's artcle:

"Detective Superintendent Tony Hutchinson told reporters that Mrs Darwin was cooperating with police. "She's not saying 'no comment' to every question," he said."

Is that what we call Cooperating? Due to my upbringing (mentioned by my brother),I must have misunderstood the concept all these years....