biological function of learning

Question 1

animal cognition research

Answer 1

animal cognition refers to a subset of processes that define and operate on the relations between environment and behaviour
- animal cognition research is the study of how animals learn, behave, and think often from a comparative perspective

Question 2

reasons to study animal cognition

Answer 2

• relevance to humans
• animale welfare
• inferences about evolutions

Question 3

why is there a need for control in the research of animal cognition?

Answer 3

due to the CLEVER HANS EFFECT (demand characteristics)
- individuals behaviour can be influenced by unintentional curing on the part of a questioner/experimenter
- use the DOUBLE BLIND tests

Question 4

conditioning theory of tolerance

Answer 4

• exposure to drugs causes perturbation (anxiety/mental uneasiness)
• the compensatory response can be controlled by the cues present during the drug exposure

Question 5

what is insight learning?

Answer 5

involves situations that are perceived by a learner, the learner tries to see and judge the relationship between various factors involved in the situation
- KOHLER observed that the chimps appeared to have an insight into the problem before solving it