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Kellogg Chimpanzee Study, The

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Gua the Chimpanzee, Kellogg study, Winthrop Kellogg

Definition

A study conducted by Winthrop Kellogg to determine the extent to which a chimpanzee can be taught human behaviors and language skills when raised like a human.

Introduction

Comparative psychologist Winthrop Kellogg (1898–1972) was a strong proponent of conducting research to compare the development of humans and nonhuman primates (Kellogg 1931). In the summer of 1931, Kellogg undertook what was intended to be a 5-year study examining the relative influence of heredity and environment on development. The study was conducted as part of Kellogg’s Social Science Research Counsel Fellowship at the Yale Anthropoid Station in Florida. The facility (now the Yerkes National Primate Center at Emory University in Georgia) was opened the year before and quickly became one of the main primate research facilities in the United States in part due to Kellogg’s work.

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Kellogg was inspired by stories of children...

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  1. Lake Superior State University, Sault Ste. Marie, MI, USA

    Andrew Franks

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  1. Andrew Franks
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  1. Department of Psychology, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Todd K. Shackelford

  2. Rochester, Michigan, USA

    Viviana A. Weekes-Shackelford

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  1. University of South Carolina - Beaufort, Bluffton, SC, USA

    Carey Fitzgerald

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Franks, A. (2017). Kellogg Chimpanzee Study, The. In: Shackelford, T., Weekes-Shackelford, V. (eds) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16999-6_2381-1

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