- Cite sources (author, year) within your assignment.
- Include a references page in which you list the full citation
for each source cited.
- Minimum of 2 references/sources, not counting class lecture
and the textbook.
- At least one of your sources must include raw data about
an animal's performance (e.g., video, transcript, statistics on performance).
- You must attach the abstract or first page of each source cited
(except videos, textbook, class lecture).
- Use your own words. Do not plagiarize or use excessive quoting.
Class
- Nelson, L. J. (2003). Language. Class lecture presented at
Cornell College, [fill in date].
- Wade, C., & Tavris, C. (2003). Psychology (7th edition).
New York: Harper Collins.
Videos -- these are essential for making your own judgments regarding
some of the controversies of this research
- Nova (1983). Signs of the apes, songs of the whales. Boston:
WGBH. [video]
We will see most of this video in class.
It is also on reserve at the library.
- Language Research Center (1993). Bonobo people. Athens, GA:
Georgia State University. [video]
We will see all of this video in class.
It is also on reserve at the library.
ALSO: In the video case is a pamphlet Data Base to accompany Bonobo
People, which provides a full transcript of testing sessions portrayed
in the video, including segments of the testing session not shown in
the video, "to enable viewers to see that the scenes which have
been selected for this tape are reflective of the general level of competency
illustrated within the edited tape."
- Discovery Channel (2003). Keeli and Ivy: Chimps Like Us.
- Scientific American (1999). Animal Einsteins: If only they could
talk. Alexandria, VA: Public Broadcasting Service. [video]
Click
here to watch on-line video containing Alex (parrot),
Rocky (sea lion), Hamlet (pig), etc. Look for “If only they
could speak.”
IMPORTANT--> Information
about research on the most well-known animals involved in animal language
research
Alex (parrot)
Azy and Indah (orangutans)
Chantek (orangutan)
Kanzi (bonobo)
Koko (gorilla)
Washoe, Loulis, Moja, Dar, Tatu (chimpanzees)
Rocky (sea lion)
Keeli and Ivy (chimpanzees)
Nim
Chimpsky (chimpanzee)
Akeakamai and Phoenix (dolphins)
Exciting news: The Iowa Primate Learning Sanctuary is currently
under construction just outside of Des Moines. It will be the best primate
language research facility in the world! Kanzi, Azy, Indah, and other
well-known language learning research primates will be moving there sometime
in 2004. Click here for more
information.
Optional: Web sites and books that provide background and perspectives
on broader issues relevant to animal language research.
Report shows chimps closely linked to humans--even more closely than
previously thought:
Summary
of article
Download full article from Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences:
Enlarging genus Homo
to include chimpanzees
Very interesting recent (2004) research:
Monkeys use left hemisphere
to process vocalizations
Interview
with Kanzi researcher Sue Savage-Rumbaugh--important animal language
research issues are discussed
This book is older and somewhat out of date, but it contains chapters
on important issues written by many of the leading researchers in animal
language. It is on reserve at the library.
Sebeok, T. A., & Umikir-Sebeok, J. (1980). Speaking of apes: A
critical analysis of two-way communication with man. New York: Plenum.
The following book is also on reserve at the library.
Blum, D. (1994). The monkey wars. New York: Oxford University Press.
The first two chapters cover the research of Roger Fouts (Washoe, Loulis,
and others) and Duane Rumbaugh an Sue Savage-Rumbaugh (Lana, Sherman &
Austin, and others, but not Kanzi). The focus is on the implications of
primate thinking and language research for the ethics of using primates
in medical and psychological research, as well as for philosophical questions
about human nature and uniqueness.
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