Isn't that the group of monkeys that started that "hundredth monkey" stuff?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hundredth_Monkey -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts & Sciences Baker University -- > -----Original Message----- > From: Serafin, John [mailto:john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu] > Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 1:49 PM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: Re: [tips] Who's on first? > > Michael, > > Your memory about the monkeys & potatoes is pretty good. I > don't remember the original authors, but the monkeys under > study were a colony of Japanese macaqques on one of the > Japanese islands. To support the colony, the humans would > dump food (e.g., potatoes) on the beach. The researchers > observed that the animals learned to wash the sand off before > eating. One of the interesting reports by the researchers was > that this behavior began among the younger, adolescent > animals, but then spread to the older adults. > Whether this is evidence of higher cognitive function, I'll > leave to others to debate. It could potentially be explained > via conditioning. > > As for chimps eating ants, what do you suppose they're doing > when they groom each other? They're picking bugs off. No > sense letting that protein go to waste, so why not eat them? > > -- > John Serafin > Psychology Department > Saint Vincent College > Latrobe, PA 15650 > john.sera...@email.stvincent.edu > > > > > From: michael sylvester <msylves...@copper.net> > > Reply-To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > > <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:18:37 -0400 > > To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" > > <tips@fsulist.frostburg.edu> > > Conversation: [tips] Who's on first? > > Subject: Fw: [tips] Who's on first? > > > > Not referring to an Abbot and Costello flick, but I saw a > program on Jane > > Goodall where she saw chimps use sticks to fetch ants from > an ant hill.She was > > fascinated by their tool utilization and alerted the > scientific community who > > initially remained skeptical. However ,when I was at > Wichita State in the > > early 1970s,I knew a prof at WSU > > by he name of Neil Pronko who published a text of articles > in a work titled > > PANORAMA > > OF PSYCHOLOGY where he had a piece on monkeys on a Pacific island > > that washed potatoes before eating them. > > For monkeys to wash potatoes before eating them certainly > implies higher > > cognitive function. I do not remember the time line for > the both of those > > animal observations. > > Anyway why were Goodall's chimps eating ants? Ain't those > Bozo types > > vegetarian? > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72 > a2d17c90e1&n=T&l=tips&o=6010 > or send a blank email to > leave-6010-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.fros > tburg.edu > The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by Baker University ("BU") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=6011 or send a blank email to leave-6011-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
