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.

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