How Does Koko's Ability To Manipulate Their World

The word “emulate” is defined in the dictionary as, to try to equal or surpass somebody or something, especially by imitation.

When you think of an intelligent and social animal, what do you think of? A chimp, a dolphin, or a dog? Actually, an elephant can be included as well. Elephants have been proven to show cognitive abilities through a new experiment and study where they tested elephants to see if they would work together to gain food. Three pieces of information that talk about this incredible new study are the article “Elephants Can Lend a Helping Hand” by Virginia Morell, the video ”Elephants Shows Cooperation” presented by Discovery News. Although these selections talk about the same topic, they are different in many ways. The video is different from the two texts because of the differences in the information

“I mimicked his eyebrow thing.”(72) Connotative- copied Denotative- to imitate in a servile or unthinking way

In Key Idea 2 I will be talking about what I learned about chimps. The book showed many things about chimpanzees that I did not know before. When someone is talking about any animals, the first thing that comes to many people’s minds is: They will never hurt somebody, they are always nice, and are not as smart as humans. Before I read this book that was my thought process about chimpanzees. I did not look at them any different than other animals. Although, after reading the book I realized chimpanzees are very smart and can be

Stan Rice describes how these monkeys are carefree and they live their lives authentically. While the two friends are watching the monkeys they experience moments that would typically be considered private for humans. Rice writes: “And then there will be those moments we are embarrassed/and

When watching the documentary on Kanzi, I was incredibly impressed by his intelligence. Not only could he accurately describe his feelings, he demonstrated understanding complex concepts such as time passing and voice recognition over a phone. Although currently we regard humans as the only sentient creatures on Earth, it can be argued that the amount of self-awareness Kanzi possesses can prove that we are not as different from bonobos as we think. The most impressive character quality Kanzi has is patience. It is unclear how much emotion Kanzi can comprehend in his mind, so we can never know if he enjoys his time in the ape conservation.

The Imitation of Christ – This piece is authored by Augustinian monk, Thomas a Kempis, which appears to be a devotional work that is directed to young monks. Kempis addresses a variety of topics which one would assume to be important enough to be pillars of the Christian faith such as: the imitation of Christ, the contrition of the heart, solitude and silence, human misery, judgement and reward, and death. In regards to imitating and following Christ’s example for His elect, Kempis adamantly states that one cannot go about this half-heartedly. A Christian must give everything (whether physical or mental strength, material resources, etc.) as well as have an indwelling of the Holy Spirit in order to even begin to imitate Christ. It is not enough to simply

The first topic addressed in this book that I will focus on is the social behavior of apes, specifically on courting rituals and mating behavior, such as the love dance performed by the “humans” in the novel. The second topic is the (in)capability of apes to produce human speech. In the novel, the apes all speak human language, but in reality, this is not a likely possibility.

Just as for the reason that no two people are exactly the same, children may mimic

Primates share many human-like factors, and over time, studies are able to now show that non-human primates have become even more like humans in terms of culture and lifestyle. Primates are intelligent, which allows parents of mammals to teach their young, and the young learn much like humans do. From detailed studies of ape behavior, it is concluded that apes, like humans, use tools and patterns to adapt from what they learn in social groups, rather than it being biological. Primates have been found to laugh, support each other, learn how to medicate themselves and others when in need, have family traditions, show off, grieve, and the list goes on. Learning such things, whether it be human or ape, varies from culture to culture, through social

For example, imitation and teaching explain that chimpanzee’s may watch their mother doing actions academically (problem-solving) she never gives her young enough feedback or just a simple look to reinforce his observation. He concludes by explaining that humans have a preexisting capacity that allows them to represent what they imagine by combining human elements (language) while, animals clearly do not.

Zen, also known as Ch’an Buddhism in China, is a school of Mahayana Buddhism that was established in China about 1500 years ago. Zen is a form of religious practice of mainly concentrating the mind to a single point in which then results in self-realization and/or enlightenment. Zen philosophy is interpreted that all humans are capable of reaching enlightenment, which is generally blocked by ignorance. The idea emphasizes enlightened masters over forms of scriptures, and is the least “academic” of all the Buddhist schools.

Thus, I was able to observe some similarities among these species. The way the female chimp used tools, and her fingers to grab food, how she used to be on her feet, freeing her hands, groom her child, educate her offspring, sleep with him while snuggling, use a lot of face emotions to convey a message to an individual; she smiled at her baby, laughed when playing, and tickling him, remind me of human. She also has a flat pink face, hands’ palm, and feet sole as humans do. Furthermore, the gorilla was also really human when he protected his eyes from the intense sunrays, following the movement of the sun, and sat in the shade, mated with a female, scratched his head, and bottom, and put his finger in his nose. I think that these humans’ pattern appeared for similar reasons as in the Primates. For instance, when the gorilla scratches his bottom, it is because the area is itchy, and he wants to remove what is indisposing him. In addition, the mother chimp educates her kid to transmit knowledge throughout generation, which is the same for humans, who go to school.

I watched her fly across the monkey bars with no hesitation or problem. Her shoes came untied while she was running around, and she was able to retie them just fine. Katy is in the stage of actively experimenting to learn about the properties of objects. Piaget refers to this as “little scientists.” Katy also has incredible gross motor skills, which is the ability to perform large body movements, such as running. Katy jumped rope, which showed me not only that she can jump rope, but also that she can jump in place with both feet together. She was also able to skip. Her mother told me that her older sister taught her how to skip. This is an example of social learning. This theory demonstrates that learning takes place through imitating and watching others. Katy also was swinging on the swing. She once jumped out of the swing and skinned her knee, but it did not faze her at all. She just got right back up and started playing again.

Many species of wildlife continue to be mistreated and neglected even when they show many signs of being intelligent creatures. In the article, “A Change in Heart About Animals” author, Jeremy Rifkin discusses many instances where animals prove smarter than people give them credit for. One of many discoveries evaluated by Rifkin where crows, that were able to manipulate a wire in order to retrieve food. The crow was able to adapt to the situation using its critical thinking skills, similar to humans. Since these crows showed immense skill and have characteristics similar to people they should, like people, be protected and not experimented on. Another humanlike quality shown in an animal, explained by Rifkin, is the ability to communicate with human beings. Koko the gorilla was taught