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Primatology, Ethics and Trauma offers an analytical re-examination
of the research conducted into the linguistic abilities of the
Oklahoma chimpanzees, uncovering the historical reality of the
research. It has been 50 years since the first language experiments
on chimpanzees. Robert Ingersoll was one of the researchers from
1975 to 1983. He is well known for being one of the main carers and
best friend of the chimpanzee, Nim Chimpsky, but there were other
chimpanzees in the University of Oklahoma's Institute for Primate
Studies, including Washoe, Moja, Kelly, Booee, and Onan, who were
taught sign language in the quest to discover whether language is
learned or innate in humans. Antonina Anna Scarna's expertise in
language acquisition and neuroscience offers a vehicle for critical
evaluation of those studies. Ingersoll and Scarna investigate how
this research failed to address the emotional needs of the animals.
Research into trauma has made scientific advances since those
studies. It is time to consider the research from a different
perspective, examining the neglect and cruelty that was inflicted
on those animals in the name of psychological science. This book
re-examines those cases, addressing directly the suffering and
traumatic experiences endured by the captive chimpanzees, in
particular the female chimpanzee, Washoe, and her resultant
inability to be a competent mother. The book discusses the
unethical nature of the studies in the context of recent research
on trauma and offers a specific and direct psychological message,
proposing to finally close the door on the language side of these
chimpanzee studies. This book is a novel and groundbreaking
account. It will be of interest to lay readers and academics alike.
Those working as research, experimental, and clinical psychologists
will find this book of interest, as will psychotherapists,
linguists, anthropologists, historians of science and
primatologists, as well as those involved in primate sanctuary and
conservation.
Primatology, Ethics and Trauma offers an analytical re-examination
of the research conducted into the linguistic abilities of the
Oklahoma chimpanzees, uncovering the historical reality of the
research. It has been 50 years since the first language experiments
on chimpanzees. Robert Ingersoll was one of the researchers from
1975 to 1983. He is well known for being one of the main carers and
best friend of the chimpanzee, Nim Chimpsky, but there were other
chimpanzees in the University of Oklahoma's Institute for Primate
Studies, including Washoe, Moja, Kelly, Booee, and Onan, who were
taught sign language in the quest to discover whether language is
learned or innate in humans. Antonina Anna Scarna's expertise in
language acquisition and neuroscience offers a vehicle for critical
evaluation of those studies. Ingersoll and Scarna investigate how
this research failed to address the emotional needs of the animals.
Research into trauma has made scientific advances since those
studies. It is time to consider the research from a different
perspective, examining the neglect and cruelty that was inflicted
on those animals in the name of psychological science. This book
re-examines those cases, addressing directly the suffering and
traumatic experiences endured by the captive chimpanzees, in
particular the female chimpanzee, Washoe, and her resultant
inability to be a competent mother. The book discusses the
unethical nature of the studies in the context of recent research
on trauma and offers a specific and direct psychological message,
proposing to finally close the door on the language side of these
chimpanzee studies. This book is a novel and groundbreaking
account. It will be of interest to lay readers and academics alike.
Those working as research, experimental, and clinical psychologists
will find this book of interest, as will psychotherapists,
linguists, anthropologists, historians of science and
primatologists, as well as those involved in primate sanctuary and
conservation.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
THIS 36 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The American
Bible: Elbert Hubbard's Selected Writings Part 12, by Robert
Ingersoll. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN
076610382X.
THIS 36 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: The American
Bible: Elbert Hubbard's Selected Writings Part 12, by Robert
Ingersoll. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN
076610382X.
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for
quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
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The indignant protests thereby evoked from ministers of various
denominations, and Colonel Ingersoll's replies to the same. This
book never would have appeared had it not been for the sinister and
almost incredible bigotry of a Methodist clergyman who undertook to
organize a boycott against the New York Evening Telegram because it
printed a Christmas sermon written by Robert G. Ingersoll. This
volume contains the meat of the matter, including every important
utterance from the time of the Christmas sermon until the day of
publication.
This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the
original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as
marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe
this work is culturally important, we have made it available as
part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting
the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions
that are true to the original work.
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