Abstract
An adult chimpanzee was shown videotaped scenes of a human actor struggling with one of eight problems and was then shown two photographs, one of which depicted an action or an object (or both) that could constitute a solution to the problem. On seven of the eight problems, the animal consistently chose the correct photograph. This test problem-solving comprehension permits the animal's knowledge about problem-solving—its ability to infer the nature of problems and to recognize potential solutions to them—to be examined.
Keywords
ComprehensionObject (grammar)Action (physics)Test (biology)PsychologyChoseArtificial intelligenceCognitive psychologyCognitive scienceComputer scienceCommunicationEcologyBiology
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- 202
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- 532-535
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David Premack,
Guy Woodruff
(1978).
Chimpanzee Problem-Solving: A Test for Comprehension.
Science
, 202
(4367)
, 532-535.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.705342
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.705342