Intelligence of apes and other rational beings / Duane M. Rumbaugh and David A. Washburn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rumbaugh, Duane M. (Duane Marwin), 1929-2017.

Contributor:

Washburn, David A., 1961-

Series:

Current perspectives in psychology.

Current perspectives in psychology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Apes--Psychology.

Apes.

Animal intelligence.

Psychology, Comparative.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 326 p.) ) ill., ports.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Heaven : Yale University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is animal intelligence? In what ways is it similar to human intelligence? Many behavioral scientists have realized that animals can be rational, can think in abstract symbols, can understand and react to human speech, and can learn through observation as well as conditioning many of the more complicated skills of life. Now Duane Rumbaugh and David Washburn probe the mysteries of the animal mind even further, identifying an advanced level of animal behavior-emergents-that reflects animals' natural and active inclination to make sense of the world. Rumbaugh and Washburn unify all behavior into a framework they call Rational Behaviorism and present it as a new way to understand learning, intelligence, and rational behavior in both animals and humans. Drawing on years of research on issues of complex learning and intelligence in primates (notably rhesus monkeys, chimpanzees, and bonobos), Rumbaugh and Washburn provide delightful examples of animal ingenuity and persistence, showing that animals are capable of very creative solutions to novel challenges. The authors analyze learning processes and research methods, discuss the meaningful differences across the primate order, and point the way to further advances, enlivening theoretical material about primates with stories about their behavior and achievements.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Series Foreword

Foreword

Preface

1. Introduction

2. Adaptation

3. Sculpting of Tendencies

4. Learning, the Foundation of Intelligence

5. Limitations of Respondents and Operants

6. First Lessons from Primates

7. Primate Research at the San Diego Zoo

8. Interesting Events at the San Diego Zoo

9. The LANA Project, 1971

10. The Assembling of Language

11. Kanzi!

12. Asking Questions so That Animals Can Provide the Right Answers

13. When Emergents Just Don't Emerge

14. Animals Count

15. Brain Business

16. Processes Basic to Learning and Reinforcement

17. Harlow's Bridge to Rational Behaviors

18. Rational Behaviorism

19. Overview and Perspective

Epilogue

References

Recommended Reading

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

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

ISBN:

9786611730161

9781281730169

1281730165

9780300129359

0300129351

OCLC:

1024035442