Chapter 8 – Thinking, Language, and Intelligence
Web Resources
Chimpanzee-Human Communication Institute
http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/
Discussions on the efforts that have been made to study language processes in primates. This site
provides coverage of the chimp Washoe.
Experiments in Cognition
http://psych.hanover.edu/JavaTest/Cognition/Cognition.html
This cognitive site offers students the opportunity to take part in several online experiments.
Students can assess their own reaction time (simple or complex), attention blink, and can learn
about the Stroop effect.
Creativity Web
http://members.optusnet.com.au/charles57/Creative/index2.html
This home page focuses on resources and research related to the study of creativity including
resources for creativity and innovation. This web site is by Charles Cave in Sydney, Australia.
Language Sites
http://www.verbivore.com/rllink.htm
This page offers access to lists of sites dealing with language and language study.
Intelligence: Spearman
http://www.personalityresearch.org/intelligence/spearman.html
Provides a detailed overview of the science and methods that drove the psychometric view of
intelligence. Also details the foundations of the two-factor theory developed by Spearman.
Intelligence: Binet
http://www.personalityresearch.org/intelligence/binet.html
Provides information regarding the original Binet intelligence scale, and later derivations up to
and including the current version, the Stanford-Binet 4th Edition.
Multiple Intelligences: The Theory
http://www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences.htm
Gives details regarding the origins, current research, and status of the theory of multiple
intelligences. Separate pages describe each of the 7 intelligences described by Gardner.
Center for Research on Concepts and Cognition
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu
A site devoted to cognitive science, it provides links to other sites related to intelligence, as well
as offering a contemporary perspective related to experimental findings.
Dolphin Websites
http://42explore.com/whale.htm
A comprehensive list of websites, links, and networks on dophins including web essays.
Chimpanzee-Human Communication Institute
http://www.cwu.edu/~cwuchci/
This site features discussions on efforts to study language processes in primates and specifically
includes discussions on research with the chimp Washoe.
Cognitive Psychology Links from Athabasca University
http://server.bmod.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/cognitive.shtml
This site provides many links to information about cognitive psychology.
The Gorilla Foundation
http://www.koko.org
Meet Koko and Penny Patterson, and learn about the conservation efforts to save gorillas at this
fun and interesting site.
Language in Apes
http://www.davidmswitzer.com/apelang.html
This is an excellent site featuring essays about the use of language in apes and the teaching of
language to apes. Copyright 1995 by Dave Switzer.
APA Task Force Examines Intelligence
http://www.personalityresearch.org/intelligence.html
From 1996 Press Release: "What is intelligence and can it be measured? These questions have
fueled a continuing debate about whether intelligence is inherited, acquired, environmental, or a
combination of these and other factors. In a field where so many issues are unresolved and so
many questions unanswered, the confident tone that has characterized most of the debate on
these topics is clearly out of place, according to a new report by the American Psychological
Association (APA)."
Project Zero
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/
From the Web site: “Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking, and
creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and scientific disciplines, at the individual and
institutional levels."
Concept Mapping
http://users.edte.utwente.nl/lanzing/cm_home.htm
From the Web site: "Concept mapping is a technique for representing knowledge in graphs.
Knowledge graphs are networks of concepts. Networks consist of nodes (points/vertices) and
links (arcs/edges). Nodes represent concepts and links represent the relations between concepts.
Concepts and sometimes links are labeled. Links can be non-, uni- or bi-directional. Concepts
and links may be categorized, they can be simply associative, specified or divided in categories
such as causal or temporal relations."
SocioDynamic Counselling
http://www.sociodynamic-constructivist-counselling.com/
Browse the work of Dr. Vance Peavy in the area of “sociodynamic counseling.”
Primate Use of Language
http://www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/psych26/language.htm
From introduction: "Research concerning the ability of primates to acquire language has
profound implications for the understanding of the evolution of the human species. The
acquisition of language in primates may shed light on the development of language in early
humans. In this sense, research of primate language and primate tool use offer similar insight
into our early ancestors."