The aim of the Savage-Rumabugh study is
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.
What type of study was this? Tick the box with all the characteristics
Longitudinal; case study; lab experiment; quasi experiment
Snapshot study; field experiment; matched pairs design
Longitudinal; case study; lab experiment
Austin and Mulika were the pygmy chimpanzees.
Savage-Rumbaugh was the head chimpanzee.
Kanzi was born...
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.
Austina and Sherman were reared in a language-using environment from 1975-1983.
The research took place in
Birmingham, UK
Milwaukee, USA
Atlanta, U.K
Birmingham, USA
Atlanta, USA
Kanzi was separated from Matata at age.................so that she could join the ........................ programme.
2 and 1/2 years old, dancing
46 months old, breeding programme
5 months, breeding programme
6 months, beauty pageant
None of the above
All kidding aside, he was separated from Matata at 2 and 1/2 years old so that she could join the breeding programme.
Matata was born 9 months after Matata returned from the breeding programme.
Kanzi was sent to the research centre with Matata when he was...
6 months old
2 and 1/2 years old
14 months old
Austin and Sherman were both removed from their mothers before coming to the research centre.
Austin and Sherman were assigned to the project at...
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
Mulika started using symbols at age 11 months.
Mulika was sent to the hospital with an............and after that, she preffered...........company.
STD, Kanzi
Chlamydia, Sherman
Infection, Human
Kanzi started to use symbols spontaneously at ....................... years old when he was separated from Matata.
2 and 1/2
3 and 1/2
1 and 1/2
Kanzi's lexigram keyboard has a speech synthesizer attached to it.
How old were Austin and Sherman at the time of the report?
9 and 10 years old respectively
4 and 6 years old respectively
14 and 15 years old respectively
The report reports on a...
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
Austin and Sherman were given formal training on the symbol system but Kanzi and Mulika weren't.
Spontaneous symbol use of Austin and Sherman occured at what ages?
2 and 4 years respectively
2 and 6 years respectively
4 and 6 years respectively
Which were the formal tests?
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
The locations of testing was indoors and in the woods.
When indoors, lexigrams were automatically recorded by compiter-monitored keyboards.
When in the woods, lexigrams were recorded by hand and then entered into the computer at the end of the day.
The lexigrams were on a pointing board when the chimpanzees were out in the woods.
How many different locations were food placed in, in the woods?
17 different locations
15 different locations
9 different locations
An example of a location and its food is the treehouse and a banana.
Kanzi could comprehend spoken words.
Utterance classifications were:
Correct
Incorrect
Sushi
Imitation
Spontaneous
Spoken
Structured
For Kanzi's vocabulary acquisition, what were the categories?
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
There was a 4.5 hour videotape made, which was analysed by independent observers.
9 utterances were noticed on the videotape which weren't noticed by the real-time observer.
The lexigram symbols lit up when touched.
Give an example(s) of a symbol Kanzi learnt and at what age.
Milk at 33 months of age.
Melon at 31 months of age
Melon at 32 months of age
Key at 12 months of age
Give an example (s) of symbols Mulika learnt and at what age.
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
Findings
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.
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.
Kanzi and Mulika formed associations between lexigrams and objects but Austina nd Sherman didn't.
