When Researchers Used a Keyboard to Teach Language to a Bonobo

question 62

Multiple Choice

When researchers used a keyboard to teach language to a bonobo chimpanzee named Matata, they were surprised to find that ____.

• A) Matata was more interested in playing catch with the keyboard than using it to communicate
• B) Matata's infant stepson Kanzi learned how to use the keyboard far better than Matata simply by observing
• C) Matata was able to learn the keyboard symbols that were taught, but was unable to create new forms of language on her own
• D) Matata not only learned the keyboard symbols that she was taught, but she began creating new forms of language that were not taught

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