Imitation in monkeys

Abstract

Statement of Problem.Popular opinion has generally attributed to monkeys the ability to learn by imitation.As will appear later, experimental evidence on the matter has been of a conflicting nature, but in the main it has not supported the popular belief.The general problem of imitation presents itself in the form of two questions: Do monkeys imitate human beings Z and Do they imitate one another?It is conceivable and, indeed, quite probable that an animal which fails to copy the acts of persons, may yet imitate individuals of its own species.I n the native state, monkeys must have innumerable opportunities to imitate one another, whereas they rarely, if ever, have opportunity to imitate human beings.Further-

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