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From: "Allen Esterson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)"
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Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:09 AM
Subject: Re:[tips] Pigeon and a Red Block
On 19 April 2009 Michael Sylvester wrote:
Just as I said before: if one looks for something long enough
it will happen.
This, presumably, is a reference to Michael's twice-told previous comment
that this has been said about Jane Goodall's work with chimpanzees. (When
on the first occasion I asked for a reference for where this had been said
in relation to Goodall, answer came there none, but that's another issue.)
So, Michael, do you believe that if ethologists look long enough for
evidence that, say, marmoset monkeys break off small branches from trees,
strip them of their leaves, and poke them into termite nests so that
termites run up them and can be eaten, they will find it?
Allen Esterson
The problem with some of the ethologists is that they
anthropormorphize(sp).They usually work alone and the camera person may
select
the variables to record.To what extent there can generalization across
situations still remain an issue.
I do not expect marmosets to do the same in a desert environment void of
twigs.
Michael Sylvester,PhD
Daytona Beach,Florida
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