The Ape And The Child
The Ape And The Child
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猿与孩子
DOI：
10.1097/00006324-193311000-00009
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发表时间：
1933
影响因子：
1.4
通讯作者：
L. A. Kellogg
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文献类型：
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作者：
W. N. Kellogg;L. A. Kellogg
The authors have taken a young chimpanzee, 7½ months old, born in captivity, from its mother and have reared it for 9 months with their son, who was 10 months old at the beginning of the experiment. The ape was never treated as a pet, but as a child, being clothed, bathed, fed, played with and talked to in the same way as the boy. The investigation aimed to find the effect of the human social and psychological environments on the specific behavior patterns developed by the chimpanzee. The subjects were given the Gesell tests for pre-school children. In the month to month tests, the boy was superior to the ape; but the final record showed that the ape had passed 42 new tests and the boy 46. The following additional results are of particular interest: The ape learned to walk upright and also to control its bladder and bowel needs to a marked degree, as well as to announce these needs when they appeared. At the age of 18½ months the boy" comprehended" 68 words or phrases. The ape at 16 months had a score of 58 words or phrases. In the delayed reaction the child was able to respond correctly after 5 minutes, but could not so respond after 10 minutes. The maximum interval for the ape was between 30 and 60 minutes. Neither subject needed to retain a bodily orientation. The author's account of the experimentation as a whole is divided among the following chapters: basic similarities and differences; health, eating, and sleeping; dexterity, arm movements, and walking; the senses; play; social and affectionate behavior; emotional behavior; learning, memory and recognition; intelligent behavior, communication and language. The volume is well illustrated.(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
