Ann and David Premack worked with a chimpanzee named Sarah; they were particularly interested in three questions. Which of the following was NOT one of their research questions?
A) How many words Sarah could learn to understand and use.
B) How Sarah learned rules for relating words to one another.
C) How Sarah learned such concepts as "name of" and "color of."
D) How word meaning was related to existing knowledge.

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Ann and David Premack's research with Sarah the chimpanzee focused on understanding how she learned rules for relating words to one another, grasped concepts like "name of" and "color of," and how word meaning was related to her existing knowledge. They did not specifically focus on the quantity of words Sarah could learn.

Ann and David Premack Worked with a Chimpanzee Named Sarah;