CAN YOUNG CHIMPANZEES (PAN-TROGLODYTES) IMITATE ARBITRARY ACTIONS - HAYES AND HAYES (1952) REVISITED

被引：157

作者：

CUSTANCE, DM ^{[1
]}

WHITEN, A ^{[1
]}

BARD, KA ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] EMORY UNIV, YERKES REG PRIMATE RES CTR, ATLANTA, GA 30322 USA

来源：

BEHAVIOUR | 1995年 / 132卷

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D O I：

10.1163/156853995X00036

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学]; C [社会科学总论]; Q98 [人类学];

学科分类号：

03 ; 0303 ; 030303 ; 04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Contrary to recent scepticism, systematic use of an experimental approach suggested by HAYEs & HAYEs (1952) shows that chimpanzees can imitate novel actions. Two chimpanzees imitated 13 and 17 novel arbitrary gestures, respectively. They were first taught to reproduce 15 gestures on the command, ''Do this!'', and then presented with 48 novel items. Using a rigourous coding system, two independent observers correctly identified a significant number of the chimpanzees' imitations (p < 0.0001). We conclude that after a period of tuition chimpanzees can go on to imitate arbitrary actions, providing evidence of a basic cognitive capacity for perspective-taking and cross-modal matching.

引用

页码：837 / 859

页数：23

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