ISS 210 VDK 3 UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
AIBO- Who is AIBO and what are its positive and negative qualities? (Week 11) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AIBO is sonys robotic dog. Children refused to play with the
AIBO more often than with the real dog. AIBO was touched more. Means Pal in Japanese
Gazing Back- What is this? Why is it important? Can dogs do it? Can AIBO? (week 11) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -when you look into the eyes of another subject at the same time,
they look back at you
-acknowledging humanity is deep
-dogs can gaze back, AIBO can't
intersubjective experience (week 11) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- existing conscious minds;
shared by more than one conscious mind. It requires two subjects
posthumanism (week 11) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an area of inquiry that looks beyond
the human
How does the study of robots and cyborgs relate to the study of nonhuman animals? (week
11) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- building increasingly complex robotics
Biodiversity (week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- we all rely on other aspects to survive,
to maintain balanced ecosystems. Without this, there is no future for humanity
the sixth great extinction (week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -currently in. Humans are
causing extinction. Habitat destruction (cutting down forests), killing things moving things
around the world, climate change, consuming a lot of resources
-rising pop. requires more and more resources which are limited.
-razing ecosystems to create housing, farm land, and grazing fields for live stock. increase in
industrial sites and the pollution that follows. global shipping has spread disease and invasive
species. overfishing, use of pesticides. climate change.
, The Sixth Great Extinction - Impacts (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -10,000 years
ago
- 1% humans , 99% animals
-Now
- 32% humans, 1% animals, 67% livestock
Link Between Anthropocentrism and Conservation (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Elleen Crist Video
-Jelly Fish Story
-Shortages of freshwater, diminishing fossil fuels, new kinds of "oil", climate disruption, food
security, and wild fish depletions
Anthropocene (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -age of humans - broad focus on the
impact of humans
-since industrial revolution
-species are going extinct 100 times the rate as the would without modern human impacts
-human pop. = doubled, wild animals pop. = halved since 1970
Capitalocene (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - age of capitalism focuses on the
impact of capitalism requires endless harvesting of natural resources to produce consumable
goods
-continuous production of waste, pollution, and other negative externalities
Chthulucene (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - where refugees from environmental
disaster (human and non human) will come together
Martha, the Carrier Pigeon (Week 12)
-What could have prevented the extinction of the carrier pigeon? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -female passed away first
-people stopped killing it, congress could have put protection on them
Cultural Imperialism (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Hurn
Questions and CORRECT Answers
AIBO- Who is AIBO and what are its positive and negative qualities? (Week 11) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- AIBO is sonys robotic dog. Children refused to play with the
AIBO more often than with the real dog. AIBO was touched more. Means Pal in Japanese
Gazing Back- What is this? Why is it important? Can dogs do it? Can AIBO? (week 11) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -when you look into the eyes of another subject at the same time,
they look back at you
-acknowledging humanity is deep
-dogs can gaze back, AIBO can't
intersubjective experience (week 11) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- existing conscious minds;
shared by more than one conscious mind. It requires two subjects
posthumanism (week 11) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- an area of inquiry that looks beyond
the human
How does the study of robots and cyborgs relate to the study of nonhuman animals? (week
11) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- building increasingly complex robotics
Biodiversity (week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- we all rely on other aspects to survive,
to maintain balanced ecosystems. Without this, there is no future for humanity
the sixth great extinction (week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -currently in. Humans are
causing extinction. Habitat destruction (cutting down forests), killing things moving things
around the world, climate change, consuming a lot of resources
-rising pop. requires more and more resources which are limited.
-razing ecosystems to create housing, farm land, and grazing fields for live stock. increase in
industrial sites and the pollution that follows. global shipping has spread disease and invasive
species. overfishing, use of pesticides. climate change.
, The Sixth Great Extinction - Impacts (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -10,000 years
ago
- 1% humans , 99% animals
-Now
- 32% humans, 1% animals, 67% livestock
Link Between Anthropocentrism and Conservation (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Elleen Crist Video
-Jelly Fish Story
-Shortages of freshwater, diminishing fossil fuels, new kinds of "oil", climate disruption, food
security, and wild fish depletions
Anthropocene (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -age of humans - broad focus on the
impact of humans
-since industrial revolution
-species are going extinct 100 times the rate as the would without modern human impacts
-human pop. = doubled, wild animals pop. = halved since 1970
Capitalocene (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - age of capitalism focuses on the
impact of capitalism requires endless harvesting of natural resources to produce consumable
goods
-continuous production of waste, pollution, and other negative externalities
Chthulucene (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- - where refugees from environmental
disaster (human and non human) will come together
Martha, the Carrier Pigeon (Week 12)
-What could have prevented the extinction of the carrier pigeon? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- -female passed away first
-people stopped killing it, congress could have put protection on them
Cultural Imperialism (Week 12) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- -Hurn
