lecture 14

Question 1

intelligence

Answer 1

the ability to perceive or infer information and to retain it as knowledge to be applied to adaptive behaviors within an environment

Question 2

neocortex

Answer 2

controls higher functions regarding sensory perception, motor, spatial, conscious thought, and language

wrinkled top layer of the cerebral hemisphere

Question 3

DVR (dorsal ventricular ridge)

Answer 3

similar to a neocortex and originate from the same embryonic region but mature into different regions with different neuronal configurations

birds use it to solve difficult problems using different structures

Question 4

crows and facial recognition

Answer 4

crows are able to remember faces after 10 years

branded crows using a specific mask, when crows see that specific facial mask they show aggressive behavior, when shown a different mask they are calm, eventually they passed that knowledge down to offspring

Question 5

mirror test

Answer 5

a certain test of intelligence to mark attribution of self

Question 6

pass and fail mirror test

Answer 6

children 2 years of age (pass)
some dolphins and elephants (pass)
some birds (pass)
chimps and all other great apes (pass)
capuchins and all other monkey species (fail)

Question 7

tool use & female primates

Answer 7

female bonobos and common chips use tools more than their male counterparts

making spears
termite fishing
stones smashing nuts
leaf sponges

Question 8

difference between rats and primates in stimuli

Answer 8

primates show problem solving and can be intellectually challenged and can decipher complex relationships

rats rely more on instinct and they do have some learned behavior

primates can sense both positive and negative. stimulus at the same time and can deal with both and then make complex decisions with that

Question 9

machiavellian intelligence

Answer 9

deceiving social companions to gain a reward

Question 10

children and lying experiment

Answer 10

children didn’t typically discover lying to others around the age of 2

used a toy that was seen and then hidden

children that lied had a higher verbal IQ than those that didn’t

Question 11

theory of mind

Answer 11

an animal can perceive the mental perspective of another, rather than respond to outward actions, the animal reacts to what the other animal is thinking