Early Attempts to Teach Chimpanzees to Talk Were Complete Failures,primarily

question 174

Multiple Choice

Early attempts to teach chimpanzees to talk were complete failures,primarily because

• A)the researchers didn't use scientific conditioning methods.
• B)chimpanzees lack the physical ability to produce spoken speech.
• C)nothing-even the earliest attempts achieved real successes.
• D)the chimpanzees used were not of the proper species.

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