Comparative Psychology

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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 08:18

Capuchin Monkeys Get Pleasure From Sharing

Written by Keiron Walsh
If you are going to study the AQA Psychology Unit 4 option " comparative psychology", you may be interested in this new research related to evolutionary explanations of altruism - capuchin monkeys were more likely to share with a relative or a familiar monkey than a stranger.
What happens when linguistic tools used to analyze human language are applied to a conversation between a language-competent bonobo and a human? The findings, published this month in the Journal of Integrative Psychological and Behavioral Science, indicate that bonobos may exhibit larger linguistic competency in ordinary conversation than in controlled experimental settings.