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Welcome to Clever Parrot
We are all fascinated with birds that can talk. Not only are parrots beautiful in color
and movement, but the very fact that they can speak captures our attention in a way that few other birds can do.
Parrot's ability to talk or mimic is related to their gregarious nature. Parrots have
a long life span and are very social. In the wild, parrot chicks learn to mimic
vocalizations specific to their parents. As they play or work together, these parrots
repeat vocalizations to each other, which helps keep bonds strong.
There are many different types of parrots, each with an interesting history and
unique personality. With so many to choose from, it is important that before going
out and buying just any parrot, you know as much as possible about the specific
breeds available.
On this site we will firstly look at the different species of parrots available. Where you can buy your parrot and how best to pick
which one is right for you. We are then going
to take a close look at how you can establish a relationship with your parrot.
You will then learn how
to set up your parrots optimal environment, taking into account what cages, grooming, diet, toys etc.
After this you are going to discover a variety of techniques you can put into practise to
get your parrot to talk, including reproducing human speech.
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Getting Your Parrot to Talk continued......
Sentence Frames
After the bird begins producing a new label in the process of (appropriately
naming) a new object, an additional procedure is used to clarify its
pronunciation. This combination of vocally repeating the label and
physically presenting the object resembles the behavior parents sometimes
use when introducing words for new items to very young children, which
appears to have two effects.
ACTION PLAN:
Present an object to the bird along with several "sentence frames"
phrases like "Here's your paper!" In this manner a target word can
be presented, such as "paper", frequently and with consistent stress,
without presenting it as a single, repetitive sound that the bird might
find boring and therefore ignore. Your bird will hear the label the
way it is to be used and learns that context. It will then learn to
reproduce the label without associating simple word-for-word
imitation with reward.
Referential Mapping
Another set of procedures used is called referential mapping, to assign
meaning to new utterances that a bird occasionally produces spontaneously.
The vocalizations are generally combinations and variations of the English
labels already learned.
After learning the word "Gray," Alex produced "Grape," "Chain" and
"Cane." Unlike the vocalizations trained by using the M/R procedure, the
bird does not necessarily use these labels to describe or request new objects
or circumstances. Procedures for dealing with these spontaneous words,
however, neither attempt to nor need to evaluate the intention of the bird's
behavior Rather, a response to the novel speech acts as though the bird
were intentionally commenting about or requesting objects, actions or
information.
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