Gardener and gardener (1969)

Question 1

Charles Hockett (1960) produced the ‘Design features of language’.

What are a few features?

Answer 1

• Interchangability- send/ recieve messages
• Semanticity- symbols
• Displacemnt- communicate things not present
• Productivity- new messages
• Learning/ transmission- transfer to next generations

Question 2

What did Hockett argue about honeybees?

Answer 2

Honeybees demonstarte some of his identified features of language.

semancticity

displacement

Question 3

What did Chomsky (1957) argue?

Answer 3

We have a special part of the brain that means we are biologically programmed to acquire a language.

Other animals should not be able to.

Question 4

What did Hayes & Hayes (1951) find with thier chimp Vicki?

Answer 4

In 6 years she could only produce 4 sounds.

Mama, papa, cup, up.

• can eventually learn language- not well though

Question 5

What did Premack & Premack (1966) find from research on their chimp Sarah?

Answer 5

• used shapes and coloured chips.
• acquired 130+ signs and could make sentances of up to 8 units.
• did not ask questions

Question 6

what did Byran (1963) report about vocal apparatus of chimpanzee?

Answer 6

• different to humans
• can only make different sounds
• usually silent.

Question 7

what did Yerkes (1943) note anout lab chimps?

Answer 7

• capable of begging

use their hands- well suited to use sign language.

Question 8

What was Gardner & Gardner’s main aim of the study?

Answer 8

Investigate if they could teach a chimp American Sign Language (ASL)

Question 9

What was Gardner & Gardner’s intetion with the chimp?

Answer 9

Raise in the same way a child would be so language would be qcquired naturally.

Question 10

Wy use a chimpanzee?

Answer 10

• highly intelligant
• sociable
• known for strong attachments