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Hereward Campbell-Anderson Gardner and Gardner Study Essay For comparison with the Gardner and Gardner study I have researched two other studies on language acquisition. These were of 'Kanzi' by Savage-Rumbaugh, started in 1980 (and still going) and of 'Nim Chimpsky' by Terrace in 1983. Nim Chimpsky was experimented with because Terrace had seen videos of Washoe's 'communication' and was sceptical toward its reliability. Terrace decided to re-do the study himself using the same methods but observing and judging the results more strictly. Terrace attempted to teach Nim American Sign Language in a deaf environment (so as to avoid alienating the ape with verbal language which might inhibit its learning). Terrace used the 'moulding and imitation' method as had been used with Washoe. This entailed teaching Nim to imitate his experimenters by moulding his hands with theirs to match the correct sign. He was trained from the age of 9 months and Terrace was...

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