PsychInquiry CD

Activity name: Do Animals Use Language?

Student’s name:

Instructions: Complete this worksheet and hand it in to your instructor.

Questions

1. According to the video in the activity, what would it take to actually prove that apes
can actually learn to use language to communicate rather than as operant behavior to
get a reward from the researchers?

2. How can researchers demonstrate that talking apes are actually using language to
communicate?