2017-04-12 TED: first half of bonobo video

Greg Malivuk
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http://www.pastebin.com/u/gmalivuk - notes from all classes
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Homework - p. 144 A and B, think about your answers to part C
	(For part C question 2, think of some ways that animal intelligence might be superior to human intelligence.)
part A
1 a
2 a
3 c (It shared a lot of important similarities.)
4 c (If something intrigues you, then you don’t understand it, but you want to understand it.)
5 d
part B
1 capable
2 Contrary
3 abstract
4 remarkable
5 integrate
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superior to = better than
inferior to = worse than
correspond to = match
correspond with someone = write letters or email to communicate
Be careful that you remember the differences between “adept”, “adapt”, and “adopt”.
This is the principal principle. = It’s the most important idea.
The opposite of “abstract” is “concrete”.
We say “contrary to popular belief” when the reality is the opposite of what most people think.
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p. 146 - Read the introductory paragraph about Sue Savage-Rumbaugh. Then answer the questions.
1 She studied chimpanzees and bonobos to find out about their cognitive and linguistic abilities.
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3 Our preconceptions are the ideas we already have. We might have preconceptions about how only humans can use tools, or only humans can use language. If an animal can do those things, it challenges our preconceptions.
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What are some traits you think are uniquely human (i.e. only humans have these traits)?
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https://www.ted.com/talks/susan_savage_rumbaugh_on_apes_that_write/
Watch the first part of the talk.
vocalization = any noise made with the mouth
groom = to clean and arrange the hair or fur of (usually) an animal
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p. 148 - Do you remember the answers to these questions?
1 causal thought, make and use tools, language, mathematics
2 a Kanzi uses a lighter to start a fire.
  b Kanzi’s sister is learning how to drive a golf cart.
  c (directions?)
  d Panbanisha uses scissors to cut Nyota’s hair.
  e Kanzi can make tools from stones.