ISSN 0439-755X
CN 11-1911/B
主办:中国心理学会
   中国科学院心理研究所
出版:科学出版社

心理学报 ›› 1989, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (3): 77-83.

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恒河猴对数多少概念的高次抽象判断

林国彬;龚文合   

  1. 中国科学院心理研究所,中国科学院心理研究所 北京 ,北京
  • 出版日期:1989-09-25 发布日期:1989-09-25
  • 通讯作者: 林国彬

CONDITIONAL ABSTRACT JUDGEMENT WITH NUMEROUSNESS CONCEPT BY RHESUS MONKEYS

Lin GuoBin;Gong wenHe Psychology Institute of Academia Sinica   

  • Published:1989-09-25 Online:1989-09-25

摘要: 本实验训练三只恒河猴在多个非概念性和多种概念性的符号线索指令下,对同时呈现的从2到7三个数目刺激的多少概念进行高次抽象判断。一只被试猴学会了在三种符号线索交替指令下能对多、中、少作出正确的选择判断,出色完成全部程序的13个训练课题,其他两只猴成绩差些。本实验进一步证实了恒河猴具有抽象的数多少概念。实验还表明恒河猴能对中间数值作出正确判断,说明动物具有客观对象量值的序列概念。实验中符号线索实际上是语汇性符号,具有指代意义,在这种抽象符号指令下的数多少概念判断是更高层次的抽象判断。

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Abstract: With nonnumerousness dimensions (eg. pattern, size area and configur-ation) controlled, three cards with 2 to 7 black-filled circles were presentedon each trial, If a conceptual red figure was presented on the screen ofthe revised WGTA as the conditional cue, the monkey was reinforced forselecting the cards with the fewest circles. If a green one was presented.response to the card with the most circles was reinforced. And if a blackone was presented, the card with the intermediate number of circles wasthe correct one. At first, the monkey was trained under only one conditionper session (40 trials a day), then two and finally all the three conditio-nal cues were presented randomly and concurrently per session. Only onemonkey met the criteria on all training tasks. Another monkey succeededthrough selecting the lowest or the highest number when red or green co-nditional cue was used concurrently. And the last one terminated her pr-ogress when red conditional cue and green conditional cues were used ina session. It is concluded that the rhesus monkeys are not only capableof relative numerousness judgement, but also capable of relating the num-erousness conception with conceptual color cue. Additional discussion isconcerned with the relationship of our study with language learning in pr-imates.

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