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Alex the Grey Parrot
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1. Dr. Irene__________ was Alex's friend and colleague for over thirty years.
2. In what city did Dr. Pepperberg find Alex?
3. What did Alex call an apple?
4. What was Alex's label for an almond?
5. What was Alex's favorite perch in the lab?
6. What is the name of the learning technique Alex and Dr. Pepperberg used?
7. The work Alex did is being used to teach communication skills to children with learning disabilities. Name the learning disability which uses the model/rival technique to teach children to communicate.
8. Who is working with Dr.Pepperberg to continue the work she and Alex began?
9. What was Alex's favorite toy?
10. How many trainers does the model/rival technique Dr. Pepperberg uses require?
11. Name of the book Dr. Pepperberg wrote about her thirty-one year adventure with Alex.
12. Name of the book Dr. Pepperberg wrote about her work with grey parrots.
13. In 2000 Alex was on television in a show called "Pet Tech", a segment of Scientific American Frontiers (the public television science show). The presenter on the show was the star of M*A*S*H* - Hawkeye Pierce. Who played Pierce in M*A*S*H*?
14. University in Indiana where Alex and Dr.Pepperberg begin their work.
15. How old was Alex when he died?
16. Alex's name was derived from the title of Dr. Pepperberg's work - _____ Learning Experiment.
17. Alex and Dr. Pepperberg proved to humankind that we live in a world of _________, conscious beings.
18. What species of parrot was Alex?
19. Alex spent many hours every day learning. He showed that all grey parrots have the potential to do what he did, if they have the same learning environment he had. The general population cannot duplicate Alex's life experience. Should you buy a grey parrot because he or she will be another Alex?
20. What nut describes the size of the grey parrot brain?
21. What university is the current home of Griffin and Wart?
22. What was Alex's favorite color?
23. Did Alex have an awareness of self?
24. What illness almost ended Alex's life in 1990?
25. What television program was the catalyst that caused Dr. Pepperberg to begin her work with Alex?
26. What is the term used to describe what Alex did when he learned a new word?
27. What did Alex say when he wasn't where he wanted to be?
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