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Savage-Rumbaugh Test

Question 1 of 40

1

The aim of the Savage-Rumabugh study is

Select one or more of the following:

  • To investigate language acquisition of the twins, Kanzi and Mulika.

  • To investigate language acquisition in chimpanzees who are friends with the scientists Austin and Sherman.

  • To investigate language acquisition capability of the pygmy chimpanzee, Kanzi and compare to his half-sister Mulika; and two common chimpanzees, Austin and Sherman.

Explanation

Question 2 of 40

1

What type of study was this? Tick the box with all the characteristics

Select one or more of the following:

  • Longitudinal; case study; lab experiment; quasi experiment

  • Snapshot study; field experiment; matched pairs design

  • Longitudinal; case study; lab experiment

Explanation

Question 3 of 40

1

Austin and Mulika were the pygmy chimpanzees.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 4 of 40

1

Savage-Rumbaugh was the head chimpanzee.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 5 of 40

1

Kanzi was born...

Select one or more of the following:

  • In captivity in 1980 at the Yerkes Regional Primate Centre.

  • A human in 1980 in Los Angeles but somehow transformed into a chimpanzee.

  • To dance the salsa dance.

Explanation

Question 6 of 40

1

Austina and Sherman were reared in a language-using environment from 1975-1983.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 7 of 40

1

The research took place in

Select one or more of the following:

  • Birmingham, UK

  • Milwaukee, USA

  • Atlanta, U.K

  • Birmingham, USA

  • Atlanta, USA

Explanation

Question 8 of 40

1

Kanzi was separated from Matata at age.................so that she could join the ........................ programme.

Select one or more of the following:

  • 2 and 1/2 years old, dancing

  • 46 months old, breeding programme

  • 5 months, breeding programme

  • 6 months, beauty pageant

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 9 of 40

1

All kidding aside, he was separated from Matata at 2 and 1/2 years old so that she could join the breeding programme.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 40

1

Matata was born 9 months after Matata returned from the breeding programme.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 11 of 40

1

Kanzi was sent to the research centre with Matata when he was...

Select one or more of the following:

  • 6 months old

  • 2 and 1/2 years old

  • 14 months old

Explanation

Question 12 of 40

1

Austin and Sherman were both removed from their mothers before coming to the research centre.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 40

1

Austin and Sherman were assigned to the project at...

Select one or more of the following:

  • 2 and 1/2 and 1 and 1/2 years old respectively

  • 1 and 1/2 and 2 and 1/2 years old respectively

  • 14 months and 10 years old respectively

Explanation

Question 14 of 40

1

Mulika started using symbols at age 11 months.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 15 of 40

1

Mulika was sent to the hospital with an............and after that, she preffered...........company.

Select one or more of the following:

  • STD, Kanzi

  • Chlamydia, Sherman

  • Infection, Human

Explanation

Question 16 of 40

1

Kanzi started to use symbols spontaneously at ....................... years old when he was separated from Matata.

Select one or more of the following:

  • 2 and 1/2

  • 3 and 1/2

  • 1 and 1/2

Explanation

Question 17 of 40

1

Kanzi's lexigram keyboard has a speech synthesizer attached to it.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 18 of 40

1

How old were Austin and Sherman at the time of the report?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 9 and 10 years old respectively

  • 4 and 6 years old respectively

  • 14 and 15 years old respectively

Explanation

Question 19 of 40

1

The report reports on a...

Select one or more of the following:

  • 14 month span within the 10 year study

  • 12 month span withing the 10 year study

  • 17 month span between the 3rd and 5th years

  • 17 month span within the 10 year study

Explanation

Question 20 of 40

1

Austin and Sherman were given formal training on the symbol system but Kanzi and Mulika weren't.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 21 of 40

1

Spontaneous symbol use of Austin and Sherman occured at what ages?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 2 and 4 years respectively

  • 2 and 6 years respectively

  • 4 and 6 years respectively

Explanation

Question 22 of 40

1

Which were the formal tests?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Photo to lexigram

  • Rorschach inkblot test to lexigram

  • Synthesised speech to lexigram

  • Spoken english word to lexigram

  • Mango to symbol

  • Spoken english word to photo

Explanation

Question 23 of 40

1

The locations of testing was indoors and in the woods.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 40

1

When indoors, lexigrams were automatically recorded by compiter-monitored keyboards.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 40

1

When in the woods, lexigrams were recorded by hand and then entered into the computer at the end of the day.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 40

1

The lexigrams were on a pointing board when the chimpanzees were out in the woods.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 40

1

The lexigrams were on a pointing board when the chimpanzees were out in the woods.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 40

1

How many different locations were food placed in, in the woods?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 17 different locations

  • 15 different locations

  • 9 different locations

Explanation

Question 29 of 40

1

An example of a location and its food is the treehouse and a banana.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 40

1

Kanzi could comprehend spoken words.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 31 of 40

1

Utterance classifications were:

Select one or more of the following:

  • Correct

  • Incorrect

  • Sushi

  • Imitation

  • Spontaneous

  • Spoken

  • Structured

Explanation

Question 32 of 40

1

For Kanzi's vocabulary acquisition, what were the categories?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Behavioural spontaneous measure where Kanzi had to verify his utterances 6/10 times

  • Behavioural concordance measure where Kanzi had to verify his utterances 9/10 times

  • Only spontaneous concordance utterances were appropriate for behavioural verification

  • Only spontaneous utterances were appropriate for behavioural verification

Explanation

Question 33 of 40

1

There was a 4.5 hour videotape made, which was analysed by independent observers.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 34 of 40

1

9 utterances were noticed on the videotape which weren't noticed by the real-time observer.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 35 of 40

1

The lexigram symbols lit up when touched.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 36 of 40

1

Give an example(s) of a symbol Kanzi learnt and at what age.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Milk at 33 months of age.

  • Melon at 31 months of age

  • Melon at 32 months of age

  • Key at 12 months of age

Explanation

Question 37 of 40

1

Give an example (s) of symbols Mulika learnt and at what age.

Select one or more of the following:

  • Football at 10 months of age

  • Drugs at 4 months of age

  • Tree house at 44 months of age

  • Milk at 17 months of age

Explanation

Question 38 of 40

1

Findings

Select one or more of the following:

  • Kanzi and Mulika use the lexigram with more ease than Austin and Sherman.

  • Austina and Sherman's learning is not context-dependent.

  • Kanzi is able to request that A act on B when he is neither A or B.

  • 15% of Kanzi and Mulika's utterances are imitation.

  • Mulika learnt to speak by the end of the experiment.

  • Kanzi learnt 45 symbols, Mulika learnt 37 symbols.

  • Austin and Sherman are better at matching photo to symbol.

  • Austin and Sherman score 100% on matching photos to symbols.

Explanation

Question 39 of 40

1

Austin and Mulika got confused when they did not receive the item they pointed at as they did not understand a question was being posed initially.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 40 of 40

1

Kanzi and Mulika formed associations between lexigrams and objects but Austina nd Sherman didn't.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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