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Comparative Cognitions - Concepts and Reasoning
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- 1Mumby box procedure was evidence for what?The rats use of a general rule of learning, i.e. choose the same as the sample was.
- 2Ibotenic acid lesions to the hippocampus resulted in what difference in the mumby box procedure?Lesioned rats could learn the task but showed decreased accuracy with longer delays
- 3Concept, Category, and Category memberConcept is the overall understanding of what constitutes members of the category. Novel gategory members will be responded to the same as previously learnt category members because of the concept of the category they belong to has already been learnt
- 4Can non-human animals form concepts?Pigeons responding to novel stimuli of trees after a conditioning task where specific trees were S+. Results showed pigeons learnt the concept for trees and were able to repond correctly to novel category members
- 5Other animals which have learnt concepts?Birds like Alex
Gorillas
Chimpanzees
Monkeys - 6E.g. Alex the parrot demonstrated what?Alex demonstrated learnt concepts of shape, colour, and 'matter'
- 7Object PermanenceKnowledge that an object continues to exist when it is no longer visible
- 8Object permanence in animalsGrey parrots & Kakarikis
Orangutans could also do a complex task but,
Monkeys were only able to do simpler tasks - 9Location of ObjectsPremack 1983
Chimp shown 2 boxes at opposite ends of a room. Apple was placed in one, and a banana in the other. Chimp was removed from room. Upon return, the trainer was eating either a banana or an apple. Trainer left the room.
Chimp was allowed to go to one of the containers and eat the contents.
They always chose the box which contained the fruit the trainer was not eating - 10Transitive Inferencial ReasoningHarry bigger than sally, sally bigger than john, is harry bigger than john?
Yes - 11Gillan testing transitive inferential reasoning in chimps 1st phasered
- 12Gillan testing transitive inferential reasoning in chimps 2nd phaseWhen presented with a pair they had not seen, i.e. not paired in the general rule. E.g. White and Black.
Chimps were still very accurate at chosing the one with food. - 13Transitive Inferential Reasoning also present in other animalsMonkeys, pigeons, rats
- 14Transitive Inferential Reasoning in pratice with chimps?If I'm dominant to Chimp 1, and chimp 1 is dominant to chimp 2, can I take food from chimp 2?
Yes.
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