Project Nim: Communication, Behavior, And Change

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Mandy Sanguigni
Dr. Park
SOC 101
Take-Home Essay Exam 1

Project Nim Three important daily words might be communication, behavior and change. If you are a human or animal these three words communicaton, behavior and change also reflect one to be scared, frustrated, or confused. In this essay, I will discuss the purposes of an experiment demonstrated on the chimpanzee, Nim, in the film Project Nim, what researchers were hoping to discover, and some conclusions on the experiment. In the film, Project Nim, a chimpanzee named Nim was part of a psychological experiment. Nim was taken at an early age from his mother and placed into a daily life with a human family. The main purpose of the project was to see if animals could be trained to communicate.