Chapter 1 Flashcards
Anthropomorphism
The tendency to view animals as people. An Ancient and natural irresistible urge.
What is anthropocentrism?
Humans can NOT help but see animals from a human perspective.
What kind of questions are these when regarding animals: Are they intelligent? Do they think or feel?
Anthropocentric questions, because they ask if other animals share our human states
What is the ‘Theory of Mind’?
An Individual’s understanding that other beings have minds too.
Modern comparative psychologists take the Darwinian view that believes..?
That each species has its own set of problems to solve and has therefore evolved its own skills to solve them.
Intelligence means?
Wide-ranging problem-solving abilities… (a Natural way to describe an important aspect of behaviour.)
Animal Cognition means?
The full richness and complexity of animal behaviour. (Not internal representations)
The Study of Animal behaviour began with who and what theory?
Charles Darwin and his theory of Evolution.
The cornerstone of the adaptive approach to animal behaviour is?
Animals act to perpetuate their genes into future generations.
What is Filial Cannibalism?
Animals eating their own offspring.
Why do some fish eat some of their eggs?
An energetic benefit. Enables more eggs to survive.
What does Comparative mean in Comparative psychology?
The comparison of different species.
When did Animal psychology become a science?
Two years before the 20th century.
Laboratory experimental methods for studying Animal Behaviour originated with what psychologist and which countries?
Thorndike and English-speaking countries.
Behaviourists believe that a science of psychology must confine itself to …?
Behaviour (observable).
