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Rumbaugh, Duane M., 1929-

Intelligence of apes and other rational beings [electronic resource] / Duane M. Rumbaugh and David A. Washburn. - Yale University Press, c2003. - 1 online resource (xvii, 326 p.) : ill. - Current perspectives in psychology . - Current perspectives in psychology. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 291-309) and index.

Adaptation -- Sculpting of tendencies -- Learning, the foundation of intelligence -- Limitations of respondents and operants -- First lessons from primates -- Primate research at the San Diego Zoo -- Interesting events at the San Diego Zoo -- The LANA Project, 1971 -- The assembling of language: Sherman and Austin -- Kanzi! -- Asking questions so that animals can provide the right answers -- When emergents just don't emerge -- Animals count -- brain business: cause-effect reasoning -- Processes basic to learning and reinforcement: a new perspective -- Harlow's bridge to rational behaviors -- Rational behaviorism -- Overview and perspective.

ISBN: 0300099835 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780300099836 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780300129359 (electronic bk.) 0300129351 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Apes--Psychology.
Animal intelligence.
Psychology, Comparative.
Hominidae--psychology.
Behavior, Animal.
Intelligence.
Psychology, Comparative.
Grands singes--Psychologie.
Animaux--Intelligence.
Psychologie comparée.
PSYCHOLOGY--General.
Intelligentie.
Apen.
Vergelijkende psychologie.

Subjects--Index Terms: ფსიქოლოგია

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: QL737.P96 / R855 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 156

Universal Decimal Class. No.: 159.9

National Library of Medicine Call No.: 2003 L-273 QL 737.P96 / R936i 2003