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What was Nim’s average utterance length?

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~1 word

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Ake the Dolphin lea ned a se ies of gestures that communicated commands and objects. What else did she lea n?

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strict grammar

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Dianna monkey males have two alarm calls. One for leopards, and one for what else?

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eagles

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how many words did chaser learn?

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1000

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chaser’s vocabulary growth was more similar to which animal?

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a human child

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true or false: most animals have an unbounded signal set for communication

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false

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alarm calls are a potential example of which aspect of language?

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functional reference

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A dolphin has a non-irritating ink mark placed around its eye. What task is this a part of?

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mirror self-recognition

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In meerkats, adults teach young pups how to hunt. What is an example of modifying what is taught to match skill level?

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removing stingers from scorpions

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what does the bee waggle dance convey?

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distance and direction of food

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how do chickadees modify their alarm call to convey info about predators?

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vary the number of “dee” notes

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specificity of alarm calls evolves against what?

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variety of responses to threats

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which of our language trained animals uttered this phrase: :”give orange me give eat orange…..”

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nim

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specific mutations in the Foxp2 gene are associated with what?

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speaking

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which animal reached 100% on trial 2 of the learning set procedure fastest?

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dunnarts

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what is yerkish?

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fake, symbolic language created for animals at yerkes

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detecting the patterns in this sentence “Jill remembered the time James said that I like cats that catch mice” to derive meaning is an example of what?

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recursion

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cephalization index

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  • Measure of brain size after accounting for body mass (k value)
  • Higher K values means a larger brain than average
  • Comparing brain size or K values would not account for differences in brain development for non-cognitive functions
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what is a learning set study?

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  • series of extremely simple discriminations
  • one choice is rewarded, other is not
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how does a learning set study work?

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  • On the first trial for each pair, you don’t know which is correct
  • So you have to guess
    But after that you theoretically have all the information you need -> you know that only one option is correct for each pair, and that never changes
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referential communication

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ability to provide and understand specific info

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limited signal set

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some animals utilize only a few signals with varying intensities and context

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unbound signal set

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human language is unbound -> combining signals to create other signal

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recursion

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patterns with patterns

e.g. “Jill remembered the time that James said that I like cats that catch mice”

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what his controversial about recursion?
not universally accepted -> may be limited to some languages/cultures
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functional reference
signals that indicate what will happen next
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alarm call specificity and independence
specificity: signal specific for purpose independence: receiver responds regardless of whether they can see references object
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situational displacement
In human language, discussion about food or danger does not require that stimulus be present
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animal examples of situational displacement?
- bee waggle dance - caching birds
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intention
generally use language with the intent of informing e.g. teaching
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what did Lana learn when communicating with the machine?
If the machine requires specific input for reward Is she learning to construct sentences? Or, is she learning that a series of button presses = reward?
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Nim vs child vocab growth
nim's didn't grow while child's did
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ASL studies
didn't really work - animals had to be molded and couldn't spontaneously utilize
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kanzi vs child (alia) sentence comprehension
performed similarly
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caveats to kanzi study
1) argue his correct responses were wildly over interpreted 2) some say only grammatically correct 30% of the time
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ake the dolphin study
- trained to learn 50 gestures - displaced reference tests: given command to find specific object out of view -> rewarded for finding it - learned strict grammatical structure - 83% correct out of 193 novel sentences - also ignored grammatically correct but semantically nonsense commands
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What is conscious awareness?
being self aware and other aware
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What is a sense of self?
We perceive ourselves as unique and distinct from others
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what animals have passed the mirror self recognition test?
- Humans, Chimps, Orangutans show they know that their own behavior is the source of the behavior in the mirror - dolphins and elephants less accepted as passing
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why is the mirror self-recognition test so popular?
Limited evidence of other animals supports idea of human (and great ape) intelligence being above other animals
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Why is it important for animals to be aware of the attentional state of others?
May not want others watching you E.g. food caching - don't want others to watch where you store your food
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Theory of Mind
ability to understand the contents and knowledge state of another individual
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Theory of Mind experiments
- guesser/knower experiments (baited cups) - begging studies - competitor tasks - object choice tasks
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rescue behaviors in dogs
- About 1/3 of dogs tested opened the box during owner distress - Dogs also showed different levels of stress in the owner distress condition
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rescue behaviors in ants
- Ants are very precise in their rescuing -> Injured ants must be physically active - Exclusively focused towards nest mates
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rescue behaviors in rats
- Rats appear to rescue other rats trapped in a tube Earlier studies allowed the trapped rat, upon being freed, to enter the room with the free rat: - This leads to two interpretations 1) empathy 2) free rat is rewarded with social contact
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what is the perception action model?
Rescuer shares the emotional experience of the distressed individual Sufficient levels of distress prompt action in the rescuer
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prosocial behavior in rats
- Rats will open the cage even when the trapped rat is released to the other side - When given the choice between a trapped rat and chocolate, they will open both but typically share the chocolate
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altruism
- assistance behaviors towards others without immediate benefit for the individual - considered a higher-level emotion
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inclusive fitness
help/assist kin
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reciprocal altruism
Assisting another with the assumption that individual will return the favor in the future
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what is learned in social learning?
1) Contingencies 2) Specific behaviors 3) Points of interest
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social facilitation
Behavior modified in the presence of others *no new learning*
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social facilitation examples
1) shared vigilance 2) dilution effect
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stimulus enhancement
an animal is more likely to do something when another animal draws its attention to a stimulus
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local enhancement
an animal is more likely to move to a location after seeing a conspecific in that location
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how does the UK bird example illustrate stimulus enhancement?
Birds saw each other interacting with the foil cap, and then had attention drawn to the cap -> figured out how to open them separately
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observational learning
changes in behavior of an observer following observation of a model
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vicarious observational learning example
you see someone eat something and get sick so now you find that food revolting
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correspondence problem
What I observe appears different when I replicate
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imitation vs emulation
imitation: Observer’s form becomes like the model’s emulation: observer attempts to achieve a goal after the demonstrator does so (not doing the exact same behavior tho)
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imitation vs observational learning
observational learning can be imitation but not always
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dolphin do as I do
- Can be trained to imitate vocal and motor behaviors - One dolphin even trained to imitate behaviors blindfolded
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what is over imitation?
the tendency to copy all of a model's actions, even components that are clearly irrelevant for the task at hand *children do this*
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What would lead animals to emulate or over-imitate?
more likely to emulate other they have social relationships with
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teaching example: cats
1) mother catches prey and bring it to kittens 2) at first its dead then she starts to bring it alive -> shows kids how to kill it 4) finally accompanies them out to hunt after getting good at killing the prey she brings back
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teaching example: meerkats
1) present dead scorpions to pups 2) then move to scorpions with stingers removed *multistep approach seems to improve learning*
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is the bee waggle dance teaching or communication?
communication

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