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Behavior of Nonhuman Primates

Modern Research Trends

  • 1st Edition, Volume 4 - January 1, 1971
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Allan M. Schrier, Fred Stollnitz
  • Language: English

Behavior of Nonhuman Primates: Modern Research Trends, Volume 4 provides information pertinent to research on behavior of nonhuman primates. This book presents a systematic… Read more

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Behavior of Nonhuman Primates: Modern Research Trends, Volume 4 provides information pertinent to research on behavior of nonhuman primates. This book presents a systematic investigation of memory processes in animals. Organized into four chapters, this volume begins with an overview of the implication of the obvious similarity of monkeys and humans in interproblem learning. This text then presents a series of investigations of the retention of object-discrimination learning by learning-set-experienced rhesus monkeys. Other chapters consider the capability of chimpanzees to handle at least rudimentary stages of certain higher mental functions. This book discusses as well the communicative behavior of animals, which is similar to the rest of animal behavior in that it is governed by general perceptual, motor, motivational, and associative laws. The final chapter deals with the main accomplishments of a program designed to teach language to a chimpanzee. This book is a valuable resource for students and research workers.

Table of contents


List of Contributors

Preface

Contents of Previous Volumes

Chapter 1 Retention of Discriminations and an Analysis of Learning Set

I. Introduction

II. Experiments on Retention

III. General Discussion

IV. Summary

References

Chapter 2 Higher Mental Functions of a Home-Raised Chimpanzee

I. Introduction

II. The Education of a Chimpanzee

III. Instrumentation and Manipulation Problems

IV. Number Perception

V. Concept-Handling Ability

VI. Sequence Learning

Vn. Communication

VIII. Summary

References

Chapter 3 Two-Way Communication with an Infant Chimpanzee

I. Introduction

II. The Medium of Communication

III. The Experimental Subject

IV. Laboratory Conditions

V. Teaching

VI. Vocabulary

VII. Testing

VIII. Combinations

IX. Comparative Psychology of Two-Way Communication

References

Chapter 4 On the Assessment of Language Competence in the Chimpanzee

I. Introduction

II. Word

III. The Interrogative

IV. Metalanguage

V. Dimensional Classes (Color, Shape, Size)

VI. Sentence

VII. Logical Connectives: If-Then

VIII. Training Procedures

IX. Internal Representation: When Is a Piece of Plastic a Word?

X. Summary and Conclusions

References

Author Index

Subject Index

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Volume: 4
  • Published: January 1, 1971
  • Language: English

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