3. Chimpanzee Theory of Mind

Flashcards based on lecture notes about chimpanzee theory of mind.

According to Call & Tomasello (2008), what abilities do chimpanzees possess regarding understanding others?

Chimpanzees understand the goals and intentions of others, as well as perception and knowledge.

What is the main argument of skeptics like Povinelli et al. regarding chimpanzees' understanding of others?

Chimpanzees only understand surface-level behavior and form 'behavioral rules'.

Based on studies where chimps compete for food with a human competitor, what conclusion can be drawn about their understanding of others' actions?

Chimpanzees understand others' goals, intentions, and possibly underlying desires.

According to studies, what do chimpanzees understand about what others perceive?

Chimpanzees understand that others see, hear, and know things.

What is the current experimental evidence regarding chimpanzees' understanding of false beliefs?

Chimpanzees understand knowledge-ignorance but not false belief.

According to Povinelli & Vonk (2003), what are two possible reasons for the similarities between chimpanzee and human minds?

Evolutionary relatedness or the human mind's tendency to recreate the chimp's mind in its own image.

What does the 'Behavioral Abstraction Hypothesis' posit about chimpanzees' behavior?

Chimpanzees construct categories of behavior, make predictions about future behaviors, and adjust their own behavior accordingly.

According to the 'reinterpretation hypothesis,' what additional system did humans add to the capacity for behavioral abstraction?

Humans added another system for coding behaviors in an additional mentalistic fashion.