A Major Criticism of the Early Language Studies with Chimpanzees

question 228

Multiple Choice

A major criticism of the early language studies with chimpanzees was that

• A) the chimps did not demonstrate humor or emotional statements within their communications.
• B) even untrained chimps use simple gestures to communicate with humans.
• C) the chimps were unable to use conditional statements when communicating.
• D) the chimps were unable to use American Sign Language or lexigrams.

Distinguish between different theories of language acquisition and development.

Understand different problem-solving strategies such as trial and error, forming subgoals, working backward, and searching for analogies.

Identify and explain common barriers to effective problem-solving including irrelevant information, functional fixedness, unnecessary constraints, and mental set.

Describe the characteristics of different types of problems including arrangement, transformation, inducing structure, and probability problems.