Thinking About Thinking
What was the author's dog's name?
Oreo
Where was the fox ranch located.
Russia
What continent do the Bonobos live in?
Africa
How did they test self-control in children?
They gave them a marshmallow and told them that if you didn't eat the first marshmallow and waited they'd give you a second marshmallow.
What was the original animal they were testing with.
Chimpanzees
Why did they have to hide the fox experiments they were doing?
Stalin didn't like geneticists.
Babies aren't murdered in the Bonobos society
Females are more respected in Bonobos
Female Bonobos hide their reproductive cycle better
Bonobos share food
Bonobos are better at corporation
Bonobos are less teritorial
Why are humans an outlier in the animal kingdom in relation to brain development.
We have larger brains with a higher neuron count.
The experiment they were conducting was testing what?
Testing if the animals understood gestures.
how did they choose what foxes to breed in the friendly group.
The foxes that were most comfortable with humans.
How did they test corporation with both the Bonobos and Chimpanzees?
They threaded a rope on either side of a plank with food on it, the plank was set out of reach so that the only way to pull the plank closer was to pull the rope at the same time as another monkey.
What's the connection with emotional reactivity and empathy?
Higher emotional reactivity leads to lower empathy when provoked and vice vers.
What do phycologists call being able to understand other peoples minds
Theory of Mind
Name two unintended traits of the friendly foxes.
Curly tails
Floppy ears
Smaller teeth
Shorter snouts
Different colored coats
Larger litters
Longer reproductive cycles
More serotonin
Less corticosteroids
True or False: are male Bonbons' brains are larger than male Chimpanzees' brains.
False
Name two signs of self-domestication in the human species.
Skulls shrinking
White sclerae
Lower 2D:4D relationship
Feminized faces
Smaller brains
What was the conclusion of the experiment
Dogs can understand gesturing/theory of mind
Who was the person who started the fox experiments
Dimitri Belyaev
Why are Bonobos friendlier than Chimpanzees?
They evolved in an area with a larger food supply and didn't compete with gorrillas.
Name a benefit of white sclarea
Emotional connection
Eye contact