PSYO 2160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Operant Conditioning, Blind Experiment, Hominidae
30 Apr 2016
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The apes may just be doing these things because they know they will be rewarded for it. In most species, ability is coded by their genetics. They can only do what their genes say they can. The biggest difference is that humans have complex, written languages. The next generation does not have to start from scratch. Great apes are our closest genetic relatives. Nature of domestication debated: direct pathway: we isolated and bred the tamest dogs. We bred all the tame ones we could find together. 85% of the dogs in the world are wild: commensal pathway: dogs scavenged near human sites. There is a research group in russia that tames foxes. Dogs are the equivalent to a 2-year-old when it comes to pointing. Albuquerque et al. (2016) dogs were apply to point at happy or angry faces depending on what noise was played. Have to be careful of the clever hans effect!
