Author Question: Geraldine is a researcher who is teaching her monkey, Gidget, to use a touch board to communicate ... (Read 42 times)

CharlieWard · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Geraldine is a researcher who is teaching her monkey, Gidget, to use a touch board to communicate with humans. Gidget can touch symbols on the board that symbolize things like banana, cup, play, and sleep. According to your text, which statement is true?

a. Gidget will generate sentences longer than three words.
b. The working memory limitations of monkeys are known.
c. Gidget can master between 130 and 500 symbols.
d. Gidget's language use is less primitive than children's.

Question 2

From the time he was born, Rory was raised in a home in which both English and Greek were spoken. The most likely result is that Rory has ___.

a. demonstrated superior cognitive flexibility
b. problems with concept formation
c. learned neither language well
d. acquired unique speech-generating properties