Human-Animal Bond

Question 1

What are the qualifications an animal needs to meet to be considered a domesticated animal?

Answer 1

The ASPCA believes that companion animals should be domesticated or domestic-bred animals whose emptional, social, physical, and behavioural needs can readily be met as companions in the home, or in close daily relationship with humans

Suitible specises include:
- cats
- dogs
- cows
- horses

Question 2

Human-Animal Bond

Univ. of Colorado Definition

Answer 2

A dynamic relationship between people and other animals that can be mutually benficial but can also create negative consequenses for both. The nature and strength of the bond is influenced by both human and animal behaviours, as well as by animals’ health status and peoples’ life circumstances.

The benifits and consequences include, but are not limited to, influences to the emotional, psychological, and physical health and well-being of both.

Question 3

What are the 4 ways to generate theories?

Answer 3

• Inductive theory (taking other’s info and spinning it)
• Deductive theory (doing your own expiriments)
• Functional theory (A combo of inductive and deductive theory)
• Model theory (Obesrvations are compared to another, similar concept)

Question 4

What are the three theories of the human animimal bond

The one’s studied in this class

Answer 4

• Biophilia
• Social support
• Self psychology

Question 5

Biophilia

Answer 5

The physiological responses caused by human animal interactions
* Lowering of blood pressure
* Changes biology and physiology

The idea that human tendancy to relate with nature might be a biological need
- Inherent part of evolutionary preocess
- Conpetitive advantages
- Provides meaning and fulffillment
- INterestedd to maintain care of nature and its biodiversity

Question 6

Social Support

Human animal bond theory

Answer 6

Animals are a source of companionship and is important for the sense of well-being and security.
- Animals are a part of our community
- Pets provide friendship, unconditional love, and an attachement to the community
- Animals provid oppurtunites for humans to connect with eachother

Question 7

Self Psychology

Answer 7

An offshoot of psychoanalytical theory (this is how you know its bad)

Consists of two parts:
- Self - The psychological structure of a person’s personality
- Selfobject - Objects (including things, people, experiences, ideas) form ‘encironental surrounding’ is needed to maintain a healthy ‘self’

Basically its saying that some ‘object’, in this case an animal, is a part of who you are and is needed for wellbeing.

Question 8

What are the 3 types of self objects?

Answer 8

Mirror selfobject - Provides self with recognition, affirmation and comfirmation, in the context of goodness, grandness and wholeness

Idealizable selfobjects - Admired and respected selfobject: a wise and pwerful calm protector

Alter-ego self objects - having the likeness of another self

Question 9

What was hoarder disorder previously classified as?

Answer 9

• OCD
• OCPD
• dementia

Question 10

OCD

Answer 10

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): is an anxiety disorder characterized by
intrusive thoughts that produce uneasiness, apprehension, fear, or worry, by repetitive behaviors aimed at reducing the associated anxiety, or by a combination of such obsessions and compulsions

Question 11

OCPD

Answer 11

Obsessive–compulsive personality disorder (OCPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a pervasive pattern of preoccupation with orderliness, perfectionism, mental and interpersonal control at the expense of flexibility, openness, and efficiency
* needing to be perfect in the public eye

Question 12

Animal Hoarders

Answer 12

1. Accumulate large numbers of animals and obsessively attempts to continue collecting animals even in the presence of continually deteriorating of household conditions
2. Fails to provide nutrition sanitation and veterinary care. Inability to recognize the effect of failed welfare on the animals , members of the household and environment (denial of living poor conditions).
3. Consider their pets as surrogate children and no other individuals can adequately care of them
4. Harbor a fear that the animals will be euthanized

Question 13

Conduct disorder

Answer 13

A psychological disorder diagnosed in childhood that presents itself through a repetitive and persistent pattern of behavior in which the basic rights of others or major age-appropriate norms are violated

• Usually called antisocial behavior and a precursor to ‘Antisocial personality disorder’
• People (children): display a combination of lack of inhibitory control (impulsivity -thrill seeking and anger) and lack of empathic or emotional arousal (callous or
  unemotional traits), extraverted
  * Temperamental characteristics: associated animal cruelty

Question 14

Is animal cruelty an indicator of family violence or problems?

Answer 14

Yes