With Extensive Training, Dolphins and Parrots Can Acquire a Vocabulary

question 21

Multiple Choice

With extensive training, dolphins and parrots can acquire a vocabulary and respond to short, novel sentences,

• A) although they do so less consistently than a preschool child.
• B) but only chimps can be taught to produce strings of three or more symbols that conform to a rule-based structure.
• C) showing that they follow the same grammatical rules as humans in their own "language."
• D) and are highly attuned to recognize human intentions that motivate use of language.

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