Do animals reason?

Series: Animal Behavior Series

Duration: 0:14:21

Genre: Animal | Educational

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor | National Geographic Society: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 13May75 · MP26911 (Jan-Jun 1975) Copyright holder: National Geographic Society Production company: Jack Kaufman Productions, Inc

Description: Describes several experiments which explore the learning potential of animals to show how to distinguish between instinctive behavior and simple problem-solving in animals. Shows a triggerfish moving pebbles to gain access to a sea urchin, a principal source of food. Explains the details of an experiment in which starlings learn to discriminate between two colors of mealworms, one of which is injected with a bitter-tasting liquid. Includes an experiment in dolphin communication and concludes with a classic experiment in which a chimpanzee must devise a method for reaching a banana placed high above his head., Uses experiments with the triggerfish, the starling, and dolphins to show how to distinguish between instinctive behavior and simple problem solving in animals.

Complete Record: , Describes several experiments which explore the learning potential of animals to show how to distinguish between instinctive behavior and simple problem-solving in animals. Shows a triggerfish moving pebbles to gain access to a sea urchin, a principal source of food. Explains the details of an experiment in which starlings learn to discriminate between two colors of mealworms, one of which is injected with a bitter-tasting liquid. Includes an experiment in dolphin communication and concludes with a classic experiment in which a chimpanzee must devise a method for reaching a banana placed high above his head., Uses experiments with the triggerfish, the starling, and dolphins to show how to distinguish between instinctive behavior and simple problem solving in animals.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.