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Quiz on Savage-Rumbaugh Test, created by addienicole16 on 26/04/2015.
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Question 1

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The aim of the Savage-Rumabugh study is
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  • 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.

Question 2

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What type of study was this? Tick the box with all the characteristics
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  • Longitudinal; case study; lab experiment; quasi experiment
  • Snapshot study; field experiment; matched pairs design
  • Longitudinal; case study; lab experiment

Question 3

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Austin and Mulika were the pygmy chimpanzees.
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  • True
  • False

Question 4

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Savage-Rumbaugh was the head chimpanzee.
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  • True
  • False

Question 5

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Kanzi was born...
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  • 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.

Question 6

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

Question 7

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The research took place in
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  • Birmingham, UK
  • Milwaukee, USA
  • Atlanta, U.K
  • Birmingham, USA
  • Atlanta, USA

Question 8

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Kanzi was separated from Matata at age.................so that she could join the ........................ programme.
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  • 2 and 1/2 years old, dancing
  • 46 months old, breeding programme
  • 5 months, breeding programme
  • 6 months, beauty pageant
  • None of the above

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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Kanzi was sent to the research centre with Matata when he was...
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  • 6 months old
  • 2 and 1/2 years old
  • 14 months old

Question 12

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

Question 13

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

Question 14

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Mulika started using symbols at age 11 months.
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  • True
  • False

Question 15

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Mulika was sent to the hospital with an............and after that, she preffered...........company.
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  • STD, Kanzi
  • Chlamydia, Sherman
  • Infection, Human

Question 16

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Kanzi started to use symbols spontaneously at ....................... years old when he was separated from Matata.
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  • 2 and 1/2
  • 3 and 1/2
  • 1 and 1/2

Question 17

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

Question 18

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How old were Austin and Sherman at the time of the report?
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  • 9 and 10 years old respectively
  • 4 and 6 years old respectively
  • 14 and 15 years old respectively

Question 19

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The report reports on a...
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  • 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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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Spontaneous symbol use of Austin and Sherman occured at what ages?
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  • 2 and 4 years respectively
  • 2 and 6 years respectively
  • 4 and 6 years respectively

Question 22

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Which were the formal tests?
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  • 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

Question 23

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The locations of testing was indoors and in the woods.
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  • True
  • False

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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

Question 27

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

Question 28

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How many different locations were food placed in, in the woods?
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  • 17 different locations
  • 15 different locations
  • 9 different locations

Question 29

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

Question 30

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Kanzi could comprehend spoken words.
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  • True
  • False

Question 31

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Utterance classifications were:
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  • Correct
  • Incorrect
  • Sushi
  • Imitation
  • Spontaneous
  • Spoken
  • Structured

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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The lexigram symbols lit up when touched.
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  • True
  • False

Question 36

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Give an example(s) of a symbol Kanzi learnt and at what age.
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  • Milk at 33 months of age.
  • Melon at 31 months of age
  • Melon at 32 months of age
  • Key at 12 months of age

Question 37

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

Question 38

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Findings
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  • 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.

Question 39

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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.
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  • True
  • False

Question 40

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