Review of The Ape and The Child

Abstract

Reviews the book, The Ape and The Child by W. N. Kellogg and L. A. Kellogg (1933). This attractively bound, well-printed and illustrated volume is an interesting but scientific account of what happens to a chimpanzee female child, aged 7.5 months, when brought to live with a human family, one member of which, Donald, is only about 2.5 months older than the young ape. Study of this book reveals that, although the purpose of the authors was avowedly to make an incidental rather than a systematic investigation of environmental influence upon early behavior, valuable contributions are made to several fields of modern psychology--comparative (animal), child, evolutional, genetics, experimental and social. Perhaps this well-planned study is even more so because the ready enthusiasm of one author was so well checked with resistance from the other. This is well-planned study, well interpreted, well set forth with very commendable scientific accuracy, thoroughness and judgment. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)