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All About Alex the African Grey Parrot
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1. Name of the book Dr. Pepperberg wrote about her work with grey parrots.
4. What was Alex's label for an almond?
6. Alex's name was derived from the title of Dr. Pepperberg's work - _____ Learning Experiment.
7. What is the name of the learning technique Alex and Dr. Pepperberg used?
11. Who is working with Dr.Pepperberg to continue the work she and Alex began?
12. University in Indiana where Alex and Dr.Pepperberg begin their work.
15. Name of the book Dr. Pepperberg wrote about her thirty-one year adventure with Alex.
16. What did Alex call an apple?
18. What is the term used to describe what Alex did when he learned a new word?
22. 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?
23. What university is the current home of Griffin and Wart?
24. What television program was the catalyst that caused Dr. Pepperberg to begin her work with Alex?
25. What was Alex's favorite toy?
26. Alex and Dr. Pepperberg proved to humankind that we live in a world of _________, conscious beings.
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2. 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*?
3. How many trainers does the model/rival technique Dr. Pepperberg uses require?
5. How old was Alex when he died?
8. Dr. Irene__________ was Alex's friend and colleague for over thirty years.
9. What illness almost ended Alex's life in 1990?
10. What nut describes the size of the grey parrot brain?
13. What did Alex say when he wasn't where he wanted to be?
14. Did Alex have an awareness of self?
17. 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.
19. What was Alex's favorite color?
20. In what city did Dr. Pepperberg find Alex?
21. How many numbers had Alex learned by the time of his death?
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