Inquiry 3 proposal due next week

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• Inquiry 3 proposal due next week
• Next weeks reflection should describe whatever
  problems you encountered with inquiry 2
• Today Ethics- animals as subjects

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Maintaining a complex society requires culture
and language.
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The complexity of our societies is reflected in
human culture Do other animals have culture?
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Do other animals have culture?
In rats
http//salmon.psy.plym.ac.uk/year3/PSY339Evolution
aryPsychology/EvolutionaryPsychology.htm
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http//www.pbs.org/saf/1504/video/watchonline.htm
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• Do Animals Have Feelings?Antonio Damasio
  proposed (2003)
• Primary - instinctual
• Social - group interaction
• Feelings - self-reflection

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Are non-human animals self-aware?The mirror
test developed by Gallup in 1980s
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Killer Whale time spent in front of window (C) vs
mirror (M) Behavioural Processes Vol 53, 3, 26
April 2001, pg 181-190
This was not discussed in class, but I included
it in case you want some additional information
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Killer Whale time spent shaking head in front of
window (C) vs mirror (M) Behavioural Processes
Vol 53, 3, 26 April 2001, pg 181-190
This was not discussed in class, but I included
it in case you want some additional information
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Killer Whale time spent opening mouth in front of
window (C) vs mirror (M) Behavioural Processes
Vol 53, 3, 26 April 2001, pg 181-190
This was not discussed in class, but I included
it in case you want some additional information
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a bottlenose dolphin trying to see a spot painted
on its side
http//www.earthtrust.org/delbook.html
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What about birds? (http//ww2.lafayette.edu/allan
r/mirror.html)
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This pigeon has a bib so it cannot see its chest
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put dot, and determine pigeons actions in front
of mirror
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http//ww2.lafayette.edu/allanr/selfaware.mpg
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Several species can recognize self in mirror by
dot test or actions in front of mirror. They do
not see mirror image as other, but self.
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• Do Animals Have Feelings?Antonio Damasio
  proposed (2003)
• Primary - instinctual
• Social - group interaction
• Feelings - self-reflection

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Is a sense of self necessary for feelings? Should
our interactions with animals depend on their
self-awareness? Is self-awareness necessary for
feeling pain, fear, etc?
Nature 419, 255 (19 September 2002) Awareness
Animal reflections by Marc Bekoff
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Our Human Interactions with the Non-Human Animals
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• Inquiry 3 proposal due next week
• Next weeks reflection should describe whatever
  problems you encountered with inquiry 2
• Ethics- animals as subjects conituned next week