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22 Cards in this Set
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Robert Seyfarth and Dorothy Cheney |
Vervet call research |
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1st ape language center located in |
Georgia State |
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Descartes on animal language |
language unique to humans, animals input-output machines |
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Samuel Pepys |
(1661) believed apes could learn spoken language or sign |
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Neural requirements for language? |
brain size (>500cc) brain laterality brain language areas |
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Size of human brain at birth |
24% of adult size |
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Size of ape brain at birth |
60% of adult size |
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Luella and Winthrop Kellogg |
(1930s) Gua (chimp) raised along side children to teach her language, not a success |
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Keith and Kathy Hayes |
(1940s) raised chimp along side children to teach speech. not a success-got a few vocalizations |
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Robert Yerkes |
(1925) "Perhaps they can be taught to use their fingers, somewhat as does the deaf and dumb person, and thus helped to acquire a simple, non-vocal "sign language" |
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Gardner |
(1960s) Washoe the first signing chimp learned 132-151 gestures over four years learned referents (come, give me) 2-3 sign combos novel signs |
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Roger Fouts |
(1970-2000) continued Wahoes work wanted chimps to teach younger generation |
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Lyn Miles |
Chanteck-Orangutan taught ASL 100 sings |
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Penny Patterson |
Koko-gorilla taught ASL 100-150 words |
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David Premack |
(1976) Sarah the chimp used plastic symbols for concepts same/different, larger/smaller, categories stepping stone for keyboards |
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Duane and Sue Rumbaugh |
(1971-1976) Lana Project grammar research applied to autistic children |
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Sherman and Austin |
(1975-1980) learned on a touch screen testing chimp-chimp communication/cooperation |
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Kanzi |
watched mother learn keyboard better than chimps may be able to understand spoken English stone tools |
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Panpanzee and Panbanisha |
(1986-1990) comparing a chimp to a bonobo in language and learning (Pabanisha, bonobo, out performed chimps) |
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Herbert Terrace |
(B.F.Skinner's student) skeptical of ape language-taught Nim Chimsky ASL and argued it was largely imitation, single utterances, and for food. Research brought signing days to an end. |
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Irene Pepperberg |
Alex the very intelligent Parrot |
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Noam Chomsky's requirements for language: |
syntax/grammar duality/repeatable units productivity gestures must be symbolic arbitrary cultural transmission displacement in time/space |
