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Rhesus monkeys are radical behaviorists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 February 2010

Gordon G. Gallup
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY 12222

Abstract

The data reviewed in Barresi & Moore's treatment of social understanding is recast in terms of a model of social intelligence that was advanced some time ago (Gallup 1982). When it comes to their analysis of the behavior of other individuals, most primates (and humans younger than 18 months of age) appear to function as radical behaviorists, whereas chimpanzees and older infants show evidence of becoming primitive cognitive psychologists.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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