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标题：Extent and Limits of the Matching Concept in Cebus Apella: A Matter of Experimental Control?
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作者：De Faria Galvao, Olavo ; Da Silva Barros, Romariz ; Dos Santos, Jose Ricardo 等
期刊名称：The Psychological Record
印刷版ISSN：0033-2933
电子版ISSN：2163-3452
出版年度：2005
卷号：55
期号：2
页码：3
出版社：Southern Illinois University Carbondale
摘要：The capacity to exhibit generalized sameness-difference judgments is a hallmark of cognition that is regularly exhibited by humans. As yet, that capacity has not been well documented in New World monkeys such as the capuchin (Cebus apel/a). This article presents data obtained with 6 capuchin monkeys with a variety of procedures that might lead to gEmeralized identity matching-to-sample (MTS) in this species, reporting part of a research program conducted to evaluate methods for assessing the species' relational learning capacity. Our working hypothesis is that past failures to demonstrate relational learning have been caused by procedural insufficiency rather than a lack of capacity. Thus far, 6 capuchin monkeys have been test,ed for generalized identity MTS. The apparatus was a touchscreen-equipped microcomputer-controlled experimental chamber. Eleven sets of 3 visual stimuli (black shapes on gray backgrounds) were used. The general procedure was comprised of 4 phases: (a) simple discriminations, (b) repeated shifts of simple discriminations, (c) identity MTS training, and (d) generalized identity MTS tests. Every subject was exposed to each of the phasE3s. Positive results on generalized identity MTS tests were obtained in all of the animals, although there have been substantial differences across individuals. The animal tested most recently has performed at levels comparable to typically developing preschool children.