AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -They cannot communicate with sentences-that is, they completely lack the ability to string words together using syntax, a grammar. More surprisingly, perhaps, apes also lack the even more basic ability to use words at all, because they cannot understand that words have meaning.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jane Goodall observed the behavior of chimpanzees in Tanzania, Africa, to obtain data.

Detailed explanation-3: -Attempts to teach chimpanzees to use spoken language all faced the same problem: a chimpanzee’s poorly developed articulatory apparatus. Chimpanzees are unable to produce the sounds (phonemes) that comprise human language.

Detailed explanation-4: -Critics of ape language research have argued which of the following against the idea that apes can acquire language? a) There is no evidence that apes can equal even a 3-year-old’s ability to order words with proper syntax.