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- Title
Toward a new outlook on primate learning and behavior: complex learning and emergent processes in comparative perspective.
- Authors
RUMBAUGH, DUANE M.; SAVAGE-RUMBAUGH, E. SUE; WASHBURN, DAVID A.
- Abstract
Primate research of the 20th century has established the validity of Darwin's postulation of psychological as well as biological continuity between humans and other primates, notably the great apes. Its data make clear that Descartes' view of animals as unfeeling 'beast-machines' is invalid and should be discarded. Traditional behavioristic frameworks - that emphasize the concepts of stimulus, response, and reinforcement and an 'empty-organism' psychology - are in need of major revisions. Revised frameworks should incorporate the fact that, in contrast to the lifeless databases of the 'hard' sciences, the database of psychology entails properties novel to life and its attendant phenomena. The contributions of research this century, achieved by field and laboratory researchers from around the world, have been substantial - indeed revolutionary. It is time to celebrate the progress of our field, to anticipate its significance, and to emphasize conservation of primates in their natural habitats.
- Publication
Japanese Psychological Research, 1996, Vol 38, Issue 3, p113
- ISSN
0021-5368
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-5884.1996.tb00016.x