How Long to Read Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind

How Long Does it Take to Read Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind?

It takes the average reader 6 hours to read Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind by Juan Carlos Gómez

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

What can the study of young monkeys and apes tell us about the minds of young humans? In this fascinating introduction to the study of primate minds, Juan Carlos Gomez identifies evolutionary resemblances--and differences--between human children and other primates. He argues that primate minds are best understood not as fixed collections of specialized cognitive capacities, but more dynamically, as a range of abilities that can surpass their original adaptations. In a lively overview of a distinguished body of cognitive developmental research among nonhuman primates, Gomez looks at knowledge of the physical world, causal reasoning (including the chimpanzee-like errors that human children make), and the contentious subjects of ape language, theory of mind, and imitation. Attempts to teach language to chimpanzees, as well as studies of the quality of some primate vocal communication in the wild, make a powerful case that primates have a natural capacity for relatively sophisticated communication, and considerable power to learn when humans teach them. Gomez concludes that for all cognitive psychology's interest in perception, information-processing, and reasoning, some essential functions of mental life are based on ideas that cannot be explicitly articulated. Nonhuman and human primates alike rely on implicit knowledge. Studying nonhuman primates helps us to understand this perplexing aspect of all primate minds.

How long is Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind?

Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind by Juan Carlos Gómez is 360 pages long, and a total of 90,000 words.

This makes it 121% the length of the average book. It also has 110% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 11 minutes to read Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind aloud.

What Reading Level is Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind?

Apes, Monkeys, Children, and the Growth of Mind is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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