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1
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What year was the study published?

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2012

2
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This study was to find out if chimps understand the needs of other chimps, these other chimps are referred to as:

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Conspecifics

3
Q

This was linked to the Theory of ToM in cognitive psychology. What does this stand for?

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Theory of Mind

4
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What type of experiment was this?

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Lab experiment

5
Q

What CAN’T we do in a Field experiment?

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Choose our Participants

6
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A confounding variable is an extraneous variable which has not be controlled as so interferes with the experiments results? True or False?

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True

7
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How many conditions were there in this experiment?

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2

8
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The IV was :

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Whether the ‘helper’ chimp gave helping or not

9
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How many Chimpanzees took part?

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  1. There were 6 chimpanzees, however only 5 could take part.
10
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What design was used?

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Repeated measures

11
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What might happen as a result of Order Effects?

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Participants might: get tired/fatigued, might ‘suss out’ what the research is about and change their behaviour and might get better at what they are doing.

12
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What is Counterbalancing?

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A way to cope with order effects

13
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How many trials were there?

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48

14
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When was the trial ended?

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After 5 mins or if the chimp offered to help

15
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In the ‘can see’ objects were offered in?

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91% of trials

16
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In the ‘cannot see’ objects were offered in?

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96% of trials

17
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It was concluded that chimps rely on visual confirmation of conspecifics needs in order to offer targeted help. True or False?

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True

18
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This research had high levels of control so that each chimp had the same conditions. This is called?

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Standardisation

19
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Mundane realism means participants are given a task they might do in every day life. True or False?

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True

20
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Why can we presume that the research was ethical?

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The study was approved by the animal care committee of the Kyoto University.