Lydia M. Hopper, PhD. Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, USA

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1 Lydia M. Hopper, PhD Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, USA EDUCATION 2008 PhD. Psychology, University of St Andrews, UK 2004 BSc/Hons. First Class. Psychology and Zoology Combined Honours, University of Liverpool, UK PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS Honorary Research Fellow, School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, UK Research Scientist, Lester E. Fisher Center for the Study and Conservation of Apes, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Department of Anthropology, Texas State University, USA Postdoctoral Associate, Language Research Center, Georgia State University, USA Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA 2009 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Anthropology, Durham University, UK ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Psychology, Durham University, UK PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Board Member, Institutional Review Board, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA Committee Member, Lincoln Park Zoo Survey Team, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA 2013 Invited Participant, EmcArt s New Pathway Program, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA Coordinator, Fisher Center Journal Club, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA Committee Member, Lincoln Park Zoo Research Committee, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA 2012 Behavioral and Enrichment Volunteer, Austin Pets Alive! USA 2010 Primate Training Consultant, Pacific Primate Sanctuary Inc., USA 2006 Club Secretary, Journal Club, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, UK 2005 Committee Member, SOLACE Conference, University of St Andrews, UK Combined Honours Representative, Staff-student Liaison Committee, University of Liverpool, UK PUBLICATIONS Peer-reviewed Articles Finestone E, Bonnie KE, Hopper LM, Vreeman VM, Lonsdorf EV & Ross SR. (in press). The interplay between individual, social, and environmental influences on chimpanzee food choices. Behavioural Processes. Brosnan SF & Hopper LM (in press). Psychological limits on animal innovation. Animal Behaviour. Hopper LM, Price SA, Freeman HD, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Kendal RL (in press). Influence of personality, age, sex, and estrous state on chimpanzee problem-solving success. Animal Cognition. DOI: /s y 1

2 2013 Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Brosnan SF (2013). When given the opportunity, chimpanzees maximize personal gain rather than level the playing field. PeerJ. 1, e Freeman HD, Sullivan J, Hopper LM, Talbot CF, Holmes AN, Schultz-Darken N, Williams LE & Brosnan SF (2013). Different responses to reward comparisons by three primate species. PLoS ONE. 8(10), e Freeman HD, Brosnan SF, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Gosling SD (2013). Developing a comprehensive and comparative questionnaire for measuring personality in chimpanzees using a simultaneous top-down/bottom-up design. American Journal of Primatology. 75, Ross MR, Gillespie KL, Hopper LM, Bloomsmith MA & Maple TL (2013). Differential preference for ultraviolet light among captive birds from three ecological habitats. Applied Animal Behaviour Science. 147, Hopper LM, Holmes AN, Williams LE & Brosnan SF (2013). Dissecting the mechanisms of squirrel monkey (Saimiri boliviensis) social learning. PeerJ. 1, e Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ, Bernacky BJ & Brosnan SF (2013). The ontogeny of social comparisons in rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Journal of Primatology. 2, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP & Schapiro SJ (2012). An evaluation of the efficacy of video displays for use with chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). American Journal of Primatology. 74, Caldwell CA, Schillinger K, Evans CL & Hopper LM (2012). End state copying by humans (Homo sapiens): Implications for a comparative perspective on cumulative culture. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 126, Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Brosnan SF (2011). Chimpanzees socially maintained food preferences indicate both conservatism and conformity. Animal Behaviour. 81, Hopper LM (2010). Ghost experiments and the dissection of social learning in humans and animals. Biological Reviews. 85, Hopper LM, Flynn E, Wood LAN & Whiten A (2010). Observational learning of tool use in children: Investigating cultural spread through diffusion chains and learning mechanisms through ghost displays. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 106, Hopper LM (2010). Deferred imitation in children and apes. Children imitate after a delay, but can apes ape in a similar fashion? The Psychologist. 23, Whiten A, McGuigan N, Marshall-Pescini S & Hopper LM (2009). Emulation, imitation, over-imitation and the scope of culture for child and chimpanzee. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 364, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Whiten A (2008). Observational learning in chimpanzees and children studied through ghost conditions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275, Hopper LM, Spiteri A, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ, Horner V & Whiten A (2007). Experimental studies of traditions and underlying transmission processes in chimpanzees. Animal Behaviour. 73,

3 Book Chapters, Commentaries, and Professional Articles Hopper LM, Morgan DB & Ross SR (in press). The next direction for primatology? A commentary on Setchell (2013) International Journal of Primatology Hopper LM (2014). Do chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) choose to exert control over their environment to maximize personal gain in comparison to their peers? American Society of Primatologists Bulletin, Spring/Summer 2014, Brosnan SF & Hopper LM (2013). Cooperation, behavioral diversity and inequity responses. In M. Banaji & S. Gelman (Eds.) Navigating the Social World: What Infants, Children, and Other Species Can Teach Us. (pp ). Oxford University Press: New York, NY Hopper LM & Brosnan SF (2012). Primate cognition. Nature Education Knowledge. 3(6), Hopper LM & Whiten A (2012). The evolutionary and comparative psychology of social learning and culture. In J. Vonk & T. K. Shackelford (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Evolutionary Psychology. (pp ). Oxford University Press: New York, NY Hopper LM, Marshall-Pescini S & Whiten A (2012). Social learning and culture in child and chimpanzee. In F.B.M. de Waal & P.F. Ferrari (Eds.) The Primate Mind: Built to Connect with Other Minds. (pp ). Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA Tennie C & Hopper LM (2011). Comment on Gruber, T., Muller, M.N., Reynolds, V., Wrangham, R. & Zuberbühler, K Community-specific evaluation of tool affordances in wild chimpanzees. Scientific Reports. 1, 28. [Doi: /srep00128] ACADEMIC REVIEWING Grant Reviewing 2013 Sigma Delta Epsilon, Graduate Women in Science National Fellowship Editorial Board 2014-pres. Ad Hoc Reviewing International Primatological Society Research Grant Journal of Experimental Child Psychology International Journal of Primatology American Journal of Primatology Animal Behavior & Cognition Animal Behaviour Animal Cognition Applied Animal Behaviour Science Behavioural Processes Biology Letters Cognition Evolution Interaction Studies International Journal of Primatology Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science Journal of Experimental Child Psychology Journal of Experimental Psychology: General Learning & Behavior Oxford University Press Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society: B PLoS ONE Proceedings of the Royal Society: B Science Social Justice Research 3

4 FUNDING, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2011 ASP Small General Grant, $750 USD 2008 ESRC Postdoctoral One-year Fellowship (PTA ), 68,183 GBP 2006 Research Travel Grant, School of Psychology, University of St Andrews, 900 GBP 2005 SALTIRE Teaching and Student Supervision Award, University of St Andrews BBSRC PhD Studentship (BBS/S/K/2004/11255) 2004 Dennis Basil Bromley Prize II for high academic achievement, University of Liverpool TEACHING: GUEST LECTURER Northwestern University, IL, USA 2013 Early Conceptual and Language Development (graduate: PSYCH 460) Centenary College of Louisiana, LA, USA 2012 Cultural Anthropology (undergraduate) Georgia State University, GA, USA 2012 Developmental Psychology (undergraduate: PSYCH 1101) 2011, 2012 Animal Behavior (undergraduate: PSYCH 4560/ BIOL 4930) 2011, 2012 Primate Evolution and Behavior (undergraduate: PSYCH 4800) 2011 Primate Models of Human Behavior (graduate: PSYCH 8541) Durham University, UK 2009 Social Psychology (undergraduate) 2008 Research Methods: Professional Issues in Research (graduate) Austin Community College, TX, USA 2008 Cognitive Development 2008 Ageing and Late Adulthood SUPERVISION EXPERIENCE Research Assistant Supervisor, Lincoln Park Zoo, USA Graduate Student Thesis Committee Member, Texas State University, USA Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student, and Research Assistant On-site Supervisor, UT MD Anderson Cancer, USA PRESENTATIONS Invited Talks 2013 Developmental Psychology and Comparative Human Development Laboratories, The University of Chicago, IL, USA. Conducting comparative cognitive research in a zoo setting Infant Learning and Development Laboratory, The University of Chicago, IL, USA. A comparative perspective on social cognition: studies of social learning and social contrast by children, apes, and monkeys Conservation and Science Lecture Series, Lincoln Park Zoo, IL, USA. Studying the underlying factors of inequity responses in primates Behavioral Biology Laboratory, The University of Chicago, IL, USA. Taking the comparative approach: How monitoring peers can lead to conformity or a sense of unfairness 4

5 2012 NIH R25 Lecture Series, The Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA. I want that! A comparative perspective on social learning and social contrast 2012 Chimp Haven, Inc., LA, USA. Chimpanzee cultural traditions NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, MD, USA. Keeping up with the Joneses: How monitoring peers can lead to conformity or a sense of unfairness Cognitive Science Seminar, Department of Psychology, Georgia State University, GA, USA. Learning in a social world: A comparative perspective NIH R25 Lecture Series, The Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA. Do chimpanzees respond to inequity? 2010 Social Learning in Humans and Non-human Animals: Theoretical and Empirical Dissections, Royal Society Kavli Centre, UK. Learning from ghosts: The social learning mechanisms of chimpanzees and children compared Language Research Center, Georgia State University, GA, USA. Chimpanzee and child: Social learning capacities NIH R25 Lecture Series, The Michale E. Keeling Center for Comparative Medicine and Research, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX, USA. Social learning in chimpanzees and children compared Universities of Third Age: East Sussex division, UK. Chimpanzees and primate behaviour 2006 Social and Personality Area Meeting, School of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA. Social learning in children and chimpanzees. Conference Presentations: Talks 2013 Hopper, LM. A phylogenetic perspective on social learning: humans, apes, and monkeys compared. Invited talk presented at the Comparative Studies of Social Learning, Cognition and Culture symposium (E.E. Price and A. Whiten). IEC Behaviour 2013 Conference, Gateshead, UK Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Brosnan SF. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) attempt to maximize returns, not level the playing field. 36 th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Juan, Puerto Rico Hopper LM. Does the social environment impact a chimpanzee s desire for control? Annual meeting of The Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Austin, USA Hopper LM, Freeman HD, Talbot CF, Essler J, Parrish A, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP, Williams LE & Brosnan SF. Primate species differ in their ability to track inequity when payoffs fluctuate. XXIV Congress, International Primatological Society, Cancun, Mexico Brosnan SF, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Bernacky BJ. The ontogeny of social comparisons by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). 35 th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Sacramento, USA Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Brosnan SF. Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) learning indicates both conformity and conservatism. 34 th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Austin, USA Jacobsen KR, Hopper LM, McAdams T, Merino R, Sherenco K, Lambeth SP & Schapiro SJ. Characterization of alopecia in four species of non-human primates: 5

6 Chimpanzees, rhesus macaques, squirrel monkeys & owl monkeys. 34 th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Austin, USA Kendal RL, Hoppitt WJE & Hopper LM. When and who to copy? Context dependent social learning strategies in chimpanzees. Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour Summer Meeting: Understanding Animal Intelligence. University of St Andrews, St Andrews, UK Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth S & Brosnan SF. Investigating responses to inequity by rhesus macaques. Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, USA Mingle ME, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Brosnan SF, Hopkins WD & Schapiro SJ. Chimpanzee see, chimpanzee do. Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, USA Wood LA, Hopper LM, Kendal R, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Flynn EG. Copy you or copy me? Prior personally acquired information affects imitation. Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, USA Freeman H, Talbot C, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ, Gosling S & Brosnan SF. Personality and inequity data in chimpanzees. Southwest Psychological Association, San Antonio, USA Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Whiten A. Observational learning in chimpanzees and children studied through ghost conditions. XXII Congress, International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, UK Hopper LM & Kendal R. Identifying social learning in the wild. Convenor s talk for the Identifying social learning in the wild: Implications for culture symposium. XXII Congress, International Primatological Society, Edinburgh, UK Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Whiten A. Imitative and affordance learning among chimpanzees. XXI Congress, International Primatological Society, Entebbe, Uganda Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Whiten A. Learning the Pan-pipes. Scottish Primate Research Group AGM, UK. Conference Presentations: Posters 2013 Epping AJ, Mohr DM, Hopper LM, Shender MA & Ross SR. Captive chimpanzee nesting behavior. 10 th annual Midwestern Primate Interest Group meeting, Iowa State University, Ames, USA Hopper LM, Bonnie KE, Kurtycz LM & Ross SR. Testing for chimpanzee innovation and social learning in a zoo setting. 36 th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, San Juan, Puerto Rico Hopper LM, Freeman HD & Ross SR. Are perceptions of pet chimpanzees influenced by personal pet ownership? Brookfield Welfare Symposium, Zoo Animal Welfare: Innovations & Future Directions, Chicago, USA Wood LAN, Kendal RL, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Flynn EG. Correlating staff and behavioural ratings of chimpanzees novel task abilities. Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Meeting Price SA, Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Kendal R. Influences of personal and social information on chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) using a foraging task. 34 th meeting of the American Society of Primatologists, Austin, USA. 6

7 2009 Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Owens M, McAdams T, Merino R, Long LA, Williams LE & Schapiro SJ. Hair loss in captive primates: A long-term, four species comparison. Primate Society of Great Britain Winter Meeting, ZSL London Zoo, UK Hopper LM, Flynn E & Whiten A. Children learn observationally from human models and in ghost emulation conditions. Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Conference, Denver, USA Hopper LM, Flynn E & Whiten A. Observational learning by children from live and ghost models. European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association, St Andrews, UK Kendal R, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Hopper LM. Is the social learning of a foraging task in chimpanzees influenced by demonstrator age? European Human Behaviour & Evolution Association, St Andrews, UK Kendal RL, Brosnan SF & Hopper LM. Identifying social learning in long-term field data: Enhancing peace in the Culture Wars. VII. Göttinger Freilandtage: Long-term Field Studies of Primates, Göttingen, Germany 2007 Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Whiten A. Ghost experiments dissect social learning in chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). Mind of the Chimpanzee, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, USA. Conference Presentations: Published Abstracts 2013 Hopper LM, Bonnie KE, Kurtycz LM, & Ross SR (2013). Testing for chimpanzee innovation and social learning in a zoo setting. American Journal of Primatology. 75(S1), Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Brosnan SF (2013). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) attempt to maximize returns, not level the playing field. American Journal of Primatology. 75(S1), Talbot CF, Parrish AE, Freeman HD, Hopper LM, Leverett K, Holmes AN, Williams LE & Brosnan SF (2013). Social and individual comparisons are influenced by context. American Journal of Primatology. 75(S1), Brosnan SF, Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Bernacky BJ (2012). The ontogeny of social comparisons by rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). American Journal of Primatology. 74(S1), Hopper LM, Lambeth SP, Schapiro SJ & Brosnan SF (2011). Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) learning indicates both conformity and conservatism. American Journal of Primatology. 73(S1), Price SA, Hopper LM, Schapiro SJ, Lambeth SP & Kendal R (2011). Influences of personal and social information on chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) using a foraging task. American Journal of Primatology. 73(S1), Jacobsen KR, Hopper LM, McAdams T, Merino R, Sherenco K, Lambeth SP & Schapiro SJ (2011). Characterization of alopecia in four species of non-human primates. American Journal of Primatology. 73(S1), 81. 7