Thursday, November 12, 2015
Animal Psycology
I'm doing my blog post this week on animal psychology because animals are better than people. If you're a person reading this, sorry. If you're an animal reading this, that's awesome. I read an article about an Indian monkey that attacked a man when the man flipped him off. Darwin claimed that the emotions of humans have been there in all stages of evolution, and intelligent species like monkeys, dogs, and cats share emotional characteristics with modern humans. For all species, not just humans there is a lot of common ground in body language and its emotional meaning. Baring your teeth sends a signal of anger. Quick movements indicate hostility. Intense eye contact (as seen in the video) indicates threat. This common ground shows that humans maybe aren't as far ahead in sophistication and emotion as we believe ourselves to be. This makes me wonder what other psychological attributes we share with our scaly, slimy and furry companions. Do animals use defense mechanisms or have anxiety? Can animals experience depression or motivation?
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As an animal lover myself, I enjoyed this post a lot because I do often wonder what my dog is thinking. I have heard cases of dogs and other animals experiencing depression when something traumatic happens such as if their owner dies or they experience physical abuse. People like to brush off animals as inferior beings but maybe we don't give them enough credit. If a monkey can sense that he is being flipped off, what else can they tell about our emotions and actions? It is definitely an interesting thing to think about.
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