Social cognition

Question 1

What is a fitness related ability?

Answer 1

Being able to adjust to the environment

Question 2

What do all mammals nurture their young with?

Answer 2

With milk from mammary glands

Question 3

What are birds nurtured by?

Answer 3

By their parents

Question 4

Name some advanced social cognitive abilities in nonhuman animals

Answer 4

Consolation taking care of distressed others

Bystander affiliation, post conflict affiliation from an uninvolved bystander to the victim - this strengthens the relationships

Question 5

What is the building blocks for complex social cohesion?

Answer 5

Helping others - reciprocal altruism (helping others and getting help from others)

Question 6

How did culture emerge?

Answer 6

Through social learning from others by observing , copying and practicing behaviours.

Question 7

What does learning help to increase?

Answer 7

learning helps to increase the chances of survival and reproductive success

Question 8

How do nonhuman primates use social cognition towards one another?

Answer 8

Nonhuman primates show cooperation and other socio-positive behaviours , but their underlying cognitive skills seem to be based on competition.

Question 9

What makes human intelligence unique?

Answer 9

Ape-human experimental comparisons revealed no differences regarding cognitive skills in the physical world and competition . But differences were found in cooperation : humans have more advanced social-cognitive skills , specifically shared intentionality

Question 10

What is shared intentionality ?

Answer 10

A set of socio-cognitive and socio-motivational skills that lead to collaborative interactions where individuals share psychological states with one another