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    The document summarizes a study that examined whether chimpanzees can understand the needs of other chimpanzees and help them targetedly. Five chimpanzees participated in experiments where they could see or could not see a conspecific needing an item to complete a task. The chimpanzees successfully offered help through targeted item offering over 90% of the time when they could see the other's need. The study demonstrates chimpanzees' ability to understand others' goals and help them flexibly based on that understanding.

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    The document summarizes a study that examined whether chimpanzees can understand the needs of other chimpanzees and help them targetedly. Five chimpanzees participated in experiments where they could see or could not see a conspecific needing an item to complete a task. The chimpanzees successfully offered help through targeted item offering over 90% of the time when they could see the other's need. The study demonstrates chimpanzees' ability to understand others' goals and help them flexibly based on that understanding.

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    The document summarizes a study that examined whether chimpanzees can understand the needs of other chimpanzees and help them targetedly. Five chimpanzees participated in experiments where they could see or could not see a conspecific needing an item to complete a task. The chimpanzees successfully offered help through targeted item offering over 90% of the time when they could see the other's need. The study demonstrates chimpanzees' ability to understand others' goals and help them flexibly based on that understanding.

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    SLIDESMANIA

    Chimpanzee Helping
    (Yamamoto et al)
    SLIDESMANIA

    And here your subtitle.


    Key terms

    ● Altruism

    ● Prosocial behavior

    ● Empathy

    ● Instrumental Helping
    SLIDESMANIA
    SLIDESMANIA
    AI
    M
    • whether chimpanzees can understand the needs of conspecifics

    • whether chimpanzees can respond to those needs with targeted helping


    SLIDESMANIA
    Sample
    Ai, Cleo , Ayumu, Pal & Pan - 5
    chimps

    ● Participated in previous researches


    SLIDESMANIA
    SLIDESMANIA
    METHOD
    ● Laboratory experiment
    ● Chimps seated in adjacent experimental booth
    ● IV - ability of the chimpanzee to give targeted
    helping to another chimpanzee.
    ● 2 conditions - can see, cannot see (+can see)
    ● DV - targeted helping behavior
    ● DV operationalized - items offered to conspecifics
    ● Repeated measures design
    ● Quantitative data recorded
    ● 48 trials (24 stick, 24 straw) per condition
    SLIDESMANIA
    Procedure
    ● Can see Condition
    ● Cannot see condition
    SLIDESMANIA
    RESULTS
    Chimps capable of flexible targeted helping based on an understanding of others’
    goals
    SLIDESMANIA
    RESULTS

    91%
    CAN SEE (object
    offer)
    CANNOT SEE (object
    offer)
    96%
    CAN SEE (object
    offer)
    98%
    SLIDESMANIA
    Conclusions

    ● Chimpanzees can understand the needs of conspecifics in order to help


    them in successfully solving tasks.

    ● They will offer help to conspecifics who require it in the majority of cases, but
    usually as a response to a direct request rather than as a spontaneous act

    ● Chimpanzees rely on visual confirmation of conspecifics’ needs


    in order to offer targeted helping
    SLIDESMANIA
    STRENGTHS WEAKNESS

    ● High standardization ● Lack of mundane


    ● High reliability realism
    ● Small sample - ● Low ecological validity
    ● High levels of control ● Bias due to previous
    ● Ethical experience
    ● low generalizability
    SLIDESMANIA
    “
    Issues & Debates

    ● Application to real life


    ● Use of animals in research - numbers,
    housing, deprivation & aversive stimuli
    SLIDESMANIA

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