Pepperberg Quiz

Two things that the study aimed to see were ...

• parrot's ability for symbolic understanding

• parrot's understanding of same/different concept

• parrot's ability for sign language

• parrot's intelligence compared to primates

Symbolic representation is a skill ...

• to apply learnt concept to a whole new situation

• to identify similarities and differences in items displayed

• to recall learnt vocabularies and combined them appropriately

• to recognize items in categorical labels instead of specific names

The followings are true about the sample of the study, except ...

• fed appropriate food

• was kept in the laboratory all day long

• was involved in several studies before this hand

• was raised in his natural habitat

What's the minimum amount of Alex's training time in a week?

• 5 minutes

• 10 minutes

• two minutes

• four minutes

In his most productive weeks, Alex would practice up to ...

• four hours

• two hours

• 20 hours

• 8 hours

During the training, the learner human was rival to parrot in two things, they are ...

• reward

• treat

• praise

• play time

To create close association between object and label, researchers apply ...

• continuous reinforcement

• imitative learning

• model/rival technique

• filler questions

Identify all filler questions in the testing stage.

• What colour?

• How many?

• What shape?

• What's the same?

• What's different?

Alex was tested by a human not involved in the training. This was meant to ...

• reduce bias

• motivate Alex

• increase inter rater reliability

• boost up the ecological validity

Identify all steps in the correction procedure.

• Researcher said "No!"

• Object was taken away

• Alex was given time out

• Researcher changed the object

• Researcher vocalize the right response