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Savage Rumbah Flashcards

1
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What were the names of the 2 pygmy chimps?

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Kanzi and Mulika

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2
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What gender were they?

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Kanzi was male

Mulika was female

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3
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What ages were they throughout the study?

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Kanzi- 30-47 months

Mulika- 11-12 months

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4
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Why were pygmy chimps chosen instead on common chimps?

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It was believed that pygmy chimps were more sociable and intelligent than common chimps.

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5
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Why might these pygmy chimps not be truly representative of their species?

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As Kanzi and Mulika had been reared in a language environment where others are reared in their natural environment.

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6
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What were the names of the common chimps that were compared to the pygmy ones?

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Austin & Sherman

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7
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What was the size of the forest?

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55 acres

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8
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How many named locations were there?

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17

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9
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What are some examples of names ?

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Peaches and cherries

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10
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What kind of symbols were used on the lexigram?

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Visual geometric symbols

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11
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What was added to the communication system to make spoken words?

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Speech synthesizer

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12
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what did the researchers use along side the lexigram?

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American sign language

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13
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How did Kanzi and Mulika learn to use the lexigram?

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Imitation, Kanzi learnt from his mother and Mulika learnt from Kanzi

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14
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How was data recorded when they were indoors?

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automatically recorded

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15
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How was data recorded when they were outdoors?

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recorded by hand (human error)

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16
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How was each utterance (word or sentence) classified ?

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correct/incorrect
spontaneous
Imitated
Structured

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17
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How many spontaneous utterance have to occur to count it as acquired?

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9/10 times

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18
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how many formal tests were there?

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4

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19
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What was the photo to lexigram test?

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Kanzi and Mulika were shown a photo and asked to select from a choice of 3 the correct lexigram symbol for that photo.

20
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What was the spoken English to lexigram test?

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chimp would listen to spoken English word, then select the appropriate lexigram symbol choice out of 3

21
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What was the spoken English to photograph test?

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Kanzi and Mulika would listen to spoken English word, then had to select an appropriate photo out of 3.

22
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Who didn’t take part in the synthesised speech to lexigram test ?

A

Mulika

23
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What was the synthesised speech to lexigram test ?

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Chimp presented with spoken English from speech synthesiser, To prove that chimps didn’t understand the computer voice.

24
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How many words were acquired by Kanzi over the 17 month period?

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46 words

25
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How many words were acquired by Mulika over the 17 month period?

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37 words

26
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Who acquired 46 words?

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Kanzi

27
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Who acquired 37 words ?

A

Mulika

28
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Which chimps language acquisition was the slowest?

A

Mulika

29
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What could Kanzi do within 4 months?

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Learnt where all the 17 foods were located and could take others to that location too.

30
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What ages did Kanzi and Mulika spontaneously begin to communicate preferred directions of travel?

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Kanzi - 4 months

Mulika - 6 months into study

31
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How did the formal tests differ from Austin and Sherman’s?

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A + S were unable to select photographs in response to spoken language, they had to be rewarded with food.

32
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how did Kanzi and Mulika learn language?

A

Imitation

33
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How was the reliability of the observation checked?

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4 1/2 hours of ‘real life’ observations made and compared to a video tape at the same time.
There was 100% agreement in the use of a lexigram.

34
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What was the one disagreement?

A

Whether an utterance was spontaneous or not.

35
Q

how was the blind test used when Kanzi was about 3 years old?

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He was tested by a person, whom had no idea of the forest and was taken around by Kanzi

36
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Why was this used?

A

To test that researchers were not helping chimps

37
Q

How long was the study conducted under?

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17 month period

38
Q

Which research method did this study use?

A

Longitudinal experimental quasi case study

39
Q

How do you know this?

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Quasi- there was breed was naturally occurring
Lab- IV was manipulated not real life setting
Case study- same small sample of chimps over a long time

40
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Which research design was used?

A

Independent

41
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Why is this study independent measures?

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Each test had a different condition, e.g. whether the ape was pygmy or common, also it was quasi so it had to be pygmy or common

42
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What was the aim?

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To investigate the human language capabilities of a pygmy chimp.

43
Q

What was Kanzi exposed to at the age of 6 months?

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He witnessed his mother, Matata, communicating with the keepers.

44
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One strength of using quantitative data in this study

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Made the data easy analyse and compare to normal chimps. Also makes it easier to record data as chimps cannot speak.

45
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What is one conclusion could be made from savage rumbaugh?

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pygmy chimps can spontaneously acquire human language. Pygmy chimps comprehend spoken English. common chimps do not.

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