Applied Concepts

Question 1

Conservation Programmes

Answer 1

• SAUNDERS (2003); psych research directed toward why people hurt/help environment; promoting sustainable practice; highly important but undocumented
• analyse situational context/existing schemas/personal motives of humans; topics include recycling/human-animal relationship/environmental education
• HUMAN decision processes requiring changes in HUMAN behaviour for success

Question 2

Conservation Programmes (Example)

Answer 2

“Biodiversity loss is just as important as climate change.”

• no change will have us losing almost double of the historical biodiversity in the 1970s by the 2100s
• increased conservation effects will see reduction in biodiversity but a very gradual evening out by the 2100
• increased conservation efforts/sustainable production/consumption will see a gradual increase in biodiversity by the 2100s

Question 3

Animal Welfare

Answer 3

• BROOM (1988); the state of an individual as it attempts to cope with its environment
• subjective; qualitative data must be supported by quantitative (objective) measures

Question 4

AW: Animal Behaviour Science

Answer 4

- helps us understand welfare via understanding:
STATE OF INDIVIDUAL:
- physiological measurements via beh
- complete species beh repertoire
COPING ATTEMPTS:
- stereotypies; self-directed behs
- dysfunctional/abnormal behs
ENVIRONMENTAL AFFECTS:
- stressors (ie. FLIGHT VS FIGHT)
- inadequate/impoverished environment

Question 5

AW: Tinbergen

Answer 5

• TFQ applicable to beh to understand its importance via observation of performance
• shows why animals suffer poor welfare if beh is restricted

Question 6

AW: Tinbergen (Example)

Answer 6

WHY DO PIGS ROOT?

• CAUSATION: no stimulation
• DEVELOPMENT: individual coping/learnt via non-specifics
• FUNCTION: relief in impoverished setting
• EVOLUTION: increased breeding of rooting pigs using “coping mechanism”

Question 7

AW: Comparing Human-Animal Behaviour

Answer 7

• always consider physical differences/what the animal wants (aka. behavioural expression of body language; closest to asking opinion we can get)
• both human consciousness research and animal welfare research should benefit from the importance of animal well-being, regardless of ANIMAL consciousness research