The Clever Hans phenomenon : communication with horses, whales, apes, and people

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The Clever Hans phenomenon : communication with horses, whales, apes, and people / edited by Thomas A. Sebeok and Robert Rosenthal.

Sebeok, Thomas A. (Thomas Albert), 1920-2001 (editor.). Rosenthal, Robert, 1933- (editor.). Conference on the Clever Hans Phenomenon: Communication with Horses, Whales, Apes, and People (1980 : New York, N.Y.) (Added Author).

Record details

ISBN: 0897661133
ISBN: 9780897661133
ISBN: 0897661141
ISBN: 9780897661140
Physical Description: viii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : New York Academy of Sciences, 1981.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Papers resulting from a conference entitled Conference on the Clever Hans phenomenon: Communication with Horses, Whales, Apes, and People held by the New York Academy of Sciences, May 6-7, 1980.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction / by Thomas A. Sebeok and Robert Rosenthal -- The Clever Hans phenomenon from an animal psychologist's point of view / by Heini K.P. Hediger -- Behavior in context : in what sense is a circus animal performing? / by Paul Bouissac -- Who feeds Clever Hans? / by Duane M. Rumbaugh -- Can apes use symbols to represent their world? / by E. Sue Savage-Rumbaugh -- The Clever Hans phenomenon, cuing, and ape signing : a Piagetan analysis of methods for instructing animals / by Suzanne Chevalier-Skolnikoff -- A report to an academy, 1980 / by H.S. Terrace -- Ape signing : problems of method and interpretation / by Mark S. Seidenberg and Laura A. Petitto -- Clever Hans : training the trainers, or the potential for misinterpreting the results of dolphin research / by John H. Prescott -- Why porpoise trainers are not dolphin lovers : real and false communication in the operant setting / by Karen Pryor -- Conversational strategies / by Starkey Duncan, Jr. -- The significance of unwitting cues for experimental outcomes : toward a pragmatic approach / by Martin T. Orne -- Progressions of conversation and conversational actions / by Karl E. Scheibe -- The psychic reading / by Ray Hyman -- Pavlov's mice, Pfungst's horse, and Pygmalion's PONS : some models for the study of interpersonal expectancy effects / by Robert Rosenthal -- The ultimate enigma of "Clever Hans" : the union of nature and culture / by Thomas A. Sebeok -- The semiotic function underlying the referential communication paradigm / by Barbara R. Foorman -- On self-deception / by Theodore R. Sarbin -- Magical thinking in the analysis of scientific data / by Persi Diaconis -- Success at detecting deception : liability or skill? / by Bella M. De Paulo -- Edible symbols : the effectiveness of placebos / by Daniel E. Moerman -- Mistakes when deceiving / by Paul Ekman -- Detection and perception of deception : the role of level of analysis of nonverbal behavior / by Vernon L. Allen and Michael L. Atkinson -- Semiotics: a view from behind the footlights / by James Randi -- Reflections on paranormal communication : a zetetic's perspective / by Marcello Truzzi.
Additional Physical Form available Note:: Also available online.