Imitation paper examples

Imitation paper examples

1. Russon and Galdikas, 1993

   • Supinah copied cooks routine to make fire
     • cooks routine : wet stick with fuel, scooped some in a cup
       • touched a burning stick to fuel soaked one
         • to make the fire burn faster fanned a metal lid held vertically in one hand and waved briskly toward the fire
           • blew on the fire
     • she picked up a burning stick and blew on the end
       • scooped out fuel with the cup placed stick in the fuel, extinguished
         • 2nd burning stick, touched it to the first
           • refreshed fuel in the cup
             • retrieved the 1st stick placed it in the cup
               • picked up the metal lid in one hand in vertical position and waved it in front of the cup and stick
                 • blew on the stick again
                   • retrieved 6 more sticks, some burning and stirred them with another stick
     • replicated most of the routine
       • social reinforcement unlikely, not allowed in the cooking area whilst cooking
         • observes though from distance or beneath dining hall
   • rehabilitant oragutans orangutan research and conservation project borneo
     • less foraging more free time
       • number of imitative actions
         • weeding, making log bridges, brushing teeth, sharpening axe, placing rice on bark plate and handing to the observer
   • also recorded imitation of weeding
     • technique chopping at root with a hoe cut weeds in centre of path neat row
       • siswoyo 3m behind staff member using stick/hands to pull weeds
         • chopped weeds centre of path
           • staff member said she followed watched then copied

2. Moore 1992

   • okichoro the parrot
     • isolated, visited several times a day, visitor performed behaviours like waving and saying "ciao"
       • opening mouth and saying look at my tongue
         • gradually began imitating these behaviours
           • some non vocal mimicry
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