Are You Smarter Than A Chimpanzee?
As humans we tend to believe that we can outsmart animals of any kind and when it comes to monkeys and apes, we are generally pretty sure our good looks are not the only determining factor of our superiority. Many have tried over the years to test animal intelligence, but how fair is it? Most tests are based on the use of language and they've all been developed by humans for humans. How can we compare the intelligence of a chimp to that of a capuchin monkey to that of a goat or a pig? What is intelligence? Howard Gardner talks about multiple forms of intelligence in his book "Frame of Mind, The Theory of Multiple Intelligences" published in 1983. His work, which is in direct line with that of John Dewey, has had considerable influence on methods of education in the United States. According to Gardner there are nine forms of intelligence : * naturalist - the ability to discriminate between living entities * musical - the ability to discern sounds, pitch and rythm * ...