hell 9 Flashcards
where is the island of Tenerife?
-a canary island in spain
psychologist that conducted research on chimps during WW1
wolfgang kohler (1913)
island of tenerife serves as a ____
viewpoint of ocean traffic between europe/north america
what was kohler studying
studied reasoning in 9 chimps at the prussian anthropod research station “can chimps think?”
flaw of kohlers experiments with chimps
-6 chimps could work together, could observe others errors, didnt count in the fact that chimps could have prior experience with sticks/boxes
evidence that kohler could have been a spy
-german lab on spanish land, chimps dont exist on tenerife=shipped chimps=waste of money
who compiled evidence that kohler may have been a spy?
ronald ley
insight
shows a deep understanding of a person/thing
EX.chimps using sticks boxes to get a banana
evidence that wasps paralyzing prey is based on instinct/not thinking
bent tube problem
-bruce wood at harvard, tamarin monkeys, candy dropped in 1 of 3 holes, tubes intertwined let to a hole not parallel to it, ended in failure, little to no subjects obtained the candy
trap tube problem
-capuchin monkeys, push out candy, avoid hole at bottom=most ended in failure, barely any monkeys could get the candy
If Mary is taller than Susan, and Susan is taller than Jane, [then] who is the tallest, Mary, Susan, or Jane?” is an example of ______.
transitive inference
transitive inferehnce is also known as ______
a test of deductive reasoning ability
wynne was skeptical of shebas math abilities because ____
she was only taught math with numbers 1-4