Gardner and Gardner- findings and conclusions

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After 7 months how many signs did Washoe know?
4
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After 14 months?
13 signs
2 of 15
After 21 months?
30 signs
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What was the first sign Washoe learnt?
Come-gimme
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What did she learn and in what order?
More, up, sweet, open and tickle
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What was the first way Washoe learnt language?
Differentiation
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What did this entail?
Discrimination between two signs eg: flower from smell
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What was the second way?
Transfer
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What did this entail?
generalising from one particular object to a general class of objects
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For example?
Using the sign flower and the sign keys for a variety of keys
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What was the last way she obtained language?
Combinations
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What was this?
Once she learned about 8 signs she combined them to make phrases
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What is the first conclusion?
It is possible to teach a chimpanzee ALS
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What was their second conclusion?
It is difficult to say whether washoe required language as it went against spirit of research
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What was the final conclusion?
Washoes ability to transfer signs meant that they could accomplish more with further phrases
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After 14 months?

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13 signs

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After 21 months?

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What was the first sign Washoe learnt?

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What did she learn and in what order?

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